Pallidal neuron activity increases during sensory relay through thalamus in a songbird circuit essential for learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 8687-8698

  Person, Abigail L ^a   Perkel, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Area X; Basal ganglia; DLM; Pallidum; Songbird; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECELERATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SONGBIRD; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SONGBIRDS; THALAMUS;

EID: 34547885764     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2045-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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