An avian basal ganglia pathway essential for vocal learning forms a closed topographic loop

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 6836-6845

  Luo, M ^a   Ding, L ^a   Perkel, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Birdsong; Songbird; Thalamus; Topography; Vocal learning; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0035449367     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-17-06836.2001     Document Type: Article

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