Pattern of Interhemispheric Synchronization in HVc during Singing Correlates with Key Transitions in the Song Pattern

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3931-3949

  Schmidt, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BIRD; ELECTRODE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEMISPHERE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; SONGBIRDS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0346121337     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00003.2003     Document Type: Article

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