Neural adaptation to tone sequences in the songbird forebrain: Patterns, determinants, and relation to the build-up of auditory streaming

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 543-557

  Bee, Mark A ^a   Micheyl, Christophe ^a   Oxenham, Andrew J ^a   Klump, Georg M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Auditory stream segregation; Build up; Starling; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STARLING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; STARLINGS;

EID: 77955053515     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0542-4     Document Type: Article

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