Age at deafening affects the stability of learned song in adult male zebra finches

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 5054-5064

  Lombardino, Anthony J ^a   Nottebohm, Fernando ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory experience; Deafness; Motor memory; Song system; Vocal learning; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0034235163     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-13-05054.2000     Document Type: Article

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