An avian basal ganglia-forebrain circuit contributes differentially to syllable versus sequence variability of adult Bengalese finch song

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3235-3245

  Hampton, Cara M ^a   Sakata, Jon T ^a   Brainard, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINCH; FOREBRAIN; FOWL; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FINCHES; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 66349109401     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91089.2008     Document Type: Article

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