Telencephalic neurons monosynaptically link brainstem and forebrain premotor networks necessary for song

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3479-3489

  Roberts, Todd F ^a   Klein, Marguerita E ^a   Kubke, M Fabiana ^b   Wild, J Martin ^b   Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anterograde; Avian; Lentivirus; Motor control; Songbird; Synaptophysin; Vocal learning; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ALEXA FLUOR 555 CONJUGATED CHOLERA TOXIN B; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN; FAST BLUE; TEXAS RED CONJUGATED DEXTRAN AMINE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HVC; INNERVATION; LEARNING; LENTIVIRINAE; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBUST NUCLEUS OF THE ARCOPALLIUM; SINGING; SYNAPSE; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN STEM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FINCHES; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROSENCEPHALON; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSFECTION; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 41549109487     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0177-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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