Functional neuroanatomy of the sensorimotor control of singing

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1016, Issue , 2004, Pages 438-462

  Wild, J Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Feedback; Respiration; Song control system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

AIR SAC; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BEAK; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEATHER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOXIA; INNERVATION; JAW; JAW MOVEMENT; LARYNX; LARYNX MUSCLE; LUNG; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PHONATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY CORTEX; SINGING; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SONGBIRD; SOUND; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON; TONGUE; TRACHEA; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

PASSERI;

EID: 3242699513     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1298.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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