Song tutoring triggers CaMKII phosphorylation within a specialized portion of the avian basal ganglia

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-191

  Singh, Tryambak D ^a   Nordeen, Ernest J ^a   Nordeen, Kathy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Birdsong; CaMKII; Learning and memory; Phosphorylation; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 26844519955     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20198     Document Type: Article

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