Neurobiology of song learning

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 654-660

  Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

BRAIN REGION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; INTERNEURON; LATERAL MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS OF THE ANTERIOR NIDOPALLIUM; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEUROBIOLOGY; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 72549115409     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.10.004     Document Type: Review

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