Activity propagation in an avian basal ganglia-tehalamocortical circuit essential for vocal learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4782-4793

  Kojima, Satoshi ^a   Doupe, Allison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SONGBIRD; SPIKE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINCH; LEARNING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FINCHES; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE NET; SONGBIRDS; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 65549121732     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4903-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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