Sequential learning from multiple tutors and serial retuning of auditory neurons in a brain area important to birdsong learning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2771-2788

  Yazaki Sugiyama, Yoko ^a   Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIANT CELL; IMITATION; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 14644425449     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00467.2004     Document Type: Article

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