Connections of a motor cortical region in zebra finches: Relation to pathways for vocal learning

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 420, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 244-260

  Bottjer, Sarah W ^a   Brady, James D ^a   Cribbs, Blaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archistriatum; Basal ganglia; Motor cortex; Song learning; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034192643     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000501)420:2<244::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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