Song Motor control organizes acoustic patterns on two levels in Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 533-543

  Seki, Yoshimasa ^a,b   Suzuki, Kenta ^b   Takahasi, Miki ^b   Okanoya, Kazuo ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Light flash; Song plasticity; Song sequence; Song unit; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FINCH; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOTYPY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FINCHES; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 43749088701     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0328-0     Document Type: Article

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