Activity dependent brain plasticity: Does singing increase the volume of a song system nucleus? Theoretical comment on Sartor and Ball (2005)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 346-348

  Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NUCLEUS; FOWL; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SINGING; SONGBIRD; TELENCEPHALON;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; STARLINGS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 14044255912     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.1.346     Document Type: Review

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