Neural pathways for bilateral vocal control in songbirds

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 423, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 413-426

  Wild, J Martin ^a   Williams, Matthew N ^a   Suthers, Roderick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canary; Catbird; Nucleus retroambigualis; Nucleus robustus; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CANARIES; CORPUS STRIATUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MAMMALS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034738704     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000731)423:3<413::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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