Physiological insights into the social-context-dependent changes in the rhythm of the song motor program

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3798-3809

  Cooper, Brenton G ^a   Goller, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FINCH; HEART RATE; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; FINCHES; HEART RATE; MALE; PERIODICITY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33744905331     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01123.2005     Document Type: Article

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