A potential neural substrate for processing functional classes of complex acoustic signals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  George, Isabelle ^a   Cousillas, Hugo ^a   Richard, Jean Pierre ^a   Hausberger, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARLING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; STURNUS VULGARIS;

ANIMALS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; STARLINGS;

EID: 48249151786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002203     Document Type: Article

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