Cannabinoid exposure alters learning of zebra finch vocal patterns

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-217

  Soderstrom, Ken ^a   Johnson, Frank ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Post natal CNS development; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0038291991     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(03)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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