Learning to communicate

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 510-520

  White, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AUDITORY SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0035423872     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)00242-7     Document Type: Review

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