Bilateral control and interhemispheric coordination in the avian song motor system

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1016, Issue , 2004, Pages 171-186

  Schmidt, Marc F ^a   Ashmore, Robin C ^a   Vu, Eric T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; HVC; Interhemispheric coordination; Motor control

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOREBRAIN; FOWL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINGING; VOCAL CORD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 3242669656     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1298.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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