A synaptic basis for auditory-vocal integration in the songbird

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1509-1522

  Bauer, Eric E ^a,c   Coleman, Melissa J ^a,b   Roberts, Todd F ^a   Roy, Arani ^a   Prather, Jonathan F ^a   Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Claremont Colleges   (United States)

^c HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; CM; HVC; Learning; Song; Vocal; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; BRAIN REGION; CAUDAL MESOPALLIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LEARNING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SYNAPSE; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FINCHES; MALE; SONGBIRDS; SYNAPSES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 38949119764     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3838-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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