Three-dimensional analysis of avian song control nuclei

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-80

  Bentley, George E ^a   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Birdsong; Lesion; Volume reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN TISSUE; BREEDING; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOWL; HORMONAL REGULATION; LARYNX INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; TARGET CELL; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037111020     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00244-3     Document Type: Article

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