Recovery of impaired songs following unilateral but not bilateral lesions of nucleus uvaeformis of adult zebra finches

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-89

  Coleman, Melissa J ^a,b   Vu, Eric T ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Interhemispheric coordination; Motor coordination; Song system; Vocal recovery

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEMISPHERE; INTERHEMISPHERIC COORDINATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS UVAEFORMIS; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN DISEASES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FINCHES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 14844307040     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20122     Document Type: Article

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