Ensemble coding of vocal control in birdsong

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 652-661

  Leonardo, Anthony ^b,d   Fee, Michale S ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Chronic recording; Motor coding; Single unit; Vocalization; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; VOCAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FINCHES; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 12744280678     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3036-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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