Bird brains and songs: Neural mechanisms of birdsong perception and memory

Animal Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-145

  Bolhuis, Johan J ^a   Eda Fujiwara, Hiroko ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Fos; Memory; Song; Songbirds; ZENK

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; MEMORY; NEUROLOGY; SONG; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PASSERI; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0742280697     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075603769700331     Document Type: Article

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