Comparative approaches to avian song system function: Insights into auditory and motor processing

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

Volumn 188, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 929-941

  Nealen, P M ^a   Schmidt, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Behavioral state; Comparative approach; HVc; Song sparrow

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; DIAZEPAM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DIAZEPAM; FEEDBACK; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA MODULATORS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037003875     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0357-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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