Deafening-induced vocal deterioration in adult songbirds is reversed by disrupting a basal ganglia-forebrain circuit

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 7392-7400

  Nordeen, K W ^a   Nordeen, Ernest J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SONGBIRD; THALAMUS; VOCAL CORD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BASAL GANGLIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEAFNESS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FINCHES; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSENCEPHALON; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77953042042     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6181-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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