Temporal structure in zebra finch song: Implications for motor coding

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 991-1005

  Glaze, Christopher M ^a   Troyer, Todd W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Central pattern generator; Proportional scaling; Rhythm; Sequence production; Temporal structure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIRD; DATA ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SINGING; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; NERVE NET; SONGBIRDS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 32544450942     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3387-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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