Behavioral state-dependent reconfiguration of song-related network activity and cholinergic systems

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-140

  Shea, Stephen D ^a   Margoliash, Daniel ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bird song system; Cholinergic regulation; HVC

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGING; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 75349101847     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.10.002     Document Type: Review

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