Lesions of an avian basal ganglia circuit prevent context-dependent changes to song variability

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1441-1455

  Kao, Mimi H ^a   Brainard, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FINCH; FOREBRAIN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SONGBIRD; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN MAPPING; FINCHES; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33748563949     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01138.2005     Document Type: Article

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