Sensorimotor nucleus NIf is necessary for auditory processing but not vocal motor output in the avian song system

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2157-2166

  Cardin, Jessica A ^a   Raksin, Jonathan N ^a   Schmidt, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIRD; BRAIN NUCLEUS; FOREBRAIN; HEARING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY SYSTEM; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FINCHES; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 15244357551     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01001.2004     Document Type: Article

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