Effects of lesions of the central nucleus of the anterior archistriatum on contact call and warble song production in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-242

  Heaton, James T ^a   Brauth, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird vocalizations; Birdsong; Parrot; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LEARNING; MALE; SPEECH; TELENCEPHALON; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034097410     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1999.3930     Document Type: Article

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