Neurobiology of vocal communication: Mechanisms for sensorimotor integration and vocal patterning

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 748-753

  Kelley, Darcy B ^a   Bass, Andrew H ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

AUDITORY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMMUNICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77957898867     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.08.007     Document Type: Review

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