A bird's eye view: Top down intracellular analyses of auditory selectivity for learned vocalizations

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 879-895

  Mooney, R ^a   Rosen, M J ^a   Sturdy, C B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Error correction; HVc; Inhibition; Song learning; Song selectivity

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIRD; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNEURON; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIRDS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNEURONS; LEARNING; MAINTENANCE; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036998905     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0353-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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