Brain lesions that impair vocal imitation in adult budgerigars

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 413-428

  Plummer, Thane K ^a   Striedter, Georg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural circuits; Parrots; Vocal imitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BIRD; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOICE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PARROTS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037110591     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10120     Document Type: Article

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