Intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to auditory selectivity in a song nucleus critical for vocal plasticity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5437-5448

  Rosen, Merri J ^a   Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory selectivity; Bicuculline; Birdsong; GABA; In vivo; Inactivation; Intracellular; LMAN; Local circuitry; Song selectivity; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; CELL STRUCTURE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0034662116     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-14-05437.2000     Document Type: Article

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