Functional connectivity between auditory areas field L and CLM and song system nucleus HVC in anesthetized zebra finches

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2747-2764

  Shaevitz, Sarita S ^a   Theunissen, Frédéric E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINCH; FOREBRAIN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SONGBIRD; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FINCHES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 36248974185     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00294.2007     Document Type: Article

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