New brain pathways found in the vocal control system of a songbird

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3086-3100

  Akutagawa, Eugene ^a   Konishi, Masakazu ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

complexity; feedback; mesopallium; networks

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN REGION; CAUDAL MESOPALLIUM; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; VOCAL CORD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; FEEDBACK; FINCHES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77954565801     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22383     Document Type: Article

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