Birdsong: Models and mechanisms

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 721-726

  Troyer, Todd W ^a   Bottjer, Sarah W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGING; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0035663692     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(01)00275-6     Document Type: Review

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