Distributed and selective auditory representation of song repertoires in the avian song system

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3433-3447

  Nealen, Paul M ^a,b   Schmidt, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FINCHES; MALE; SPARROWS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33751539291     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01130.2005     Document Type: Article

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