Different subthreshold mechanisms underlie song selectivity in identified HVc neurons of the zebra finch

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5420-5436

  Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory selectivity; Communication; HVc; In vivo intracellular; Song; Songbirds; Vocal learning; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASAL GANGLION; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034661793     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-14-05420.2000     Document Type: Article

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