State-dependent hemispheric specialization in the songbird brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 488, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-60

  George, Isabelle ^a,b   Cousillas, Hugo ^a   Richard, Jean Pierre ^a   Hausberger, Martine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Electrophysiological recordings; HVC; Lateralization; Starlings; Urethane

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD;

EID: 20044380368     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20584     Document Type: Article

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