Brain stem feedback in a computational model of birdsong sequencing

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1763-1778

  Gibb, Leif ^a,c   Gentner, Timothy Q ^a   Abarbanel, Henry D I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INTERNEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; SONGBIRDS; SYNAPSES; TEMPERATURE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 70349272220     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91154.2008     Document Type: Article

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