Neuron addition and loss in the song system regulation and function

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1016, Issue , 2004, Pages 659-683

  Wilbrecht, Linda ^a   Kirn, John R ^b  

^a WM Keck Structural Biology Laboratory   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Birdsong; Cell death; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BREEDING; CANARY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISSOCIATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; MATING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEREOTYPY; TELENCEPHALON;

PASSERI;

EID: 3242700344     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1298.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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