A neural basis for auditory feedback control of vocal pitch

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1464-1477

  Smotherman, Michael ^a   Zhang, Shuyi ^b   Metzner, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Audio vocal feedback control; Doppler shift compensation; Echolocation; Horseshoe bats; Parabrachial nuclei; Rhinolophus

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037442822     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-04-01464.2003     Document Type: Article

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