Neural response to bird's own song and tutor song in the zebra finch field L and caudal mesopallium

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 469-489

  Amin, N ^a   Grace, J A ^a   Theunissen, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Auditory forebrain; Birdsong; Natural sounds; Song system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEARING; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 3442902846     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0511-x     Document Type: Article

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