Tracheal length changes during zebra finch song and their possible role in upper vocal tract filtering

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-330

  Daley, Monica ^a,b   Goller, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sac pressure; Resonance; Sonomicrometry; Taeniopygia guttata; Trachea; Vocalization; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AIR SAC; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FILTER; MALE; MICROPHONE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SOUND; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TRACHEA; TRACHEA PRESSURE; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

AIR PRESSURE; AIR SACS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENERVATION; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; SONGBIRDS; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TRACHEA; VOCAL CORDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 2442650216     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10332     Document Type: Article

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