Electrophysiological analysis of a songbird basal ganglia circuit essential for vocal plasticity

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 529-532

  Perkel, David J ^a   Farries, Michael A ^b   Luo, Minmin ^b   Ding, Long ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Basal ganglia; Bird song; Learning; Songbird

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; FOWL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037012220     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(01)00690-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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