Species differences in auditory processing dynamics in songbird auditory telencephalon

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1498-1510

  Terleph, Thomas A ^a,b   Mello, Claudio V ^c   Vicario, David S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Electrophysiology; Field L; NCM; ZENK

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDOMEDIAL NIDOPALLIUM; DYNAMICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CANARIES; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 35949004349     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20524     Document Type: Article

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