Neurons in a forebrain nucleus required for vocal plasticity rapidly switch between precise firing and variable bursting depending on social context

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 13232-13247

  Kao, Mimi H ^a   Wright, Brian D ^a   Doupe, Allison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Burst firing; LMAN; Spike count variability; Vocal learning; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION; ZEBRA FISH; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINCH; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 58149396890     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2250-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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