Respiratory and telencephalic modulation of vocal motor neurons in the zebra finch

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1072-1086

  Sturdy, Christopher B ^a   Wild, J Martin ^b   Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birdsong; RA; RAm; Respiration; Vocal learning; XIIts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LEARNING; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TELENCEPHALON; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 0037321311     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-03-01072.2003     Document Type: Article

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