Brainstem and forebrain contributions to the generation of learned motor behaviors for song

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 8543-8554

  Ashmore, Robin C ^a   Wild, J Martin ^b   Schmidt, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Brainstem; Motor control; Respiration; Timing; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREBRAIN; FOWL; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; FINCHES; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSENCEPHALON; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 24944513828     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1668-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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