Spike timing and synaptic plasticity in the premotor pathway of birdsong

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-167

  Abarbanel, Henry D I ^a,b   Gibb, Leif ^b   Mindlin, Gabriel B ^b,c   Rabinovich, M I ^b   Talathi, Sachin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASTICITY;

ANTERIOR FOREBRAIN PATHWAY (AFP); BIRDSONG; MOTOR PATHWAY; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SONGBIRD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SONGBIRDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 16644363232     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-004-0495-1     Document Type: Article

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