Silent synapses in a thalamo-cortical circuit necessary for song learning in zebra finches

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3698-3707

  Bottjer, Sarah W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GIANT CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FINCHES; LEARNING; LYSINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 28144450937     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00282.2005     Document Type: Article

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