Neural encoding of auditory temporal context in a songbird basal ganglia nucleus, and its independence of birds' song experience

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1231-1244

  Kojima, Satoshi ^a   Doupe, Allison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area X; Isolate; Neural integration; Selectivity; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SOUND INTENSITY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BASAL GANGLIA; FINCHES; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE NET; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 41149160437     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06083.x     Document Type: Article

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