Love songs, bird brains and diffusion tensor imaging

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 873-883

  De Groof, Geert ^a   Van Der Linden, Annemie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Seasonal plasticity; Songbird brain; Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CIRCUITS; BRAIN PLASTICITY; BRAIN REGIONS; CELLULAR CHANGES; DIFFUSION TENSOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL METHODS; FIBER TRACTS; GLOBAL VIEW; IN-VIVO; NATURAL MODELS; NEURAL SUBSTRATES; NEUROPLASTICITY; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL PLASTICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONG CONTROL SYSTEM; SONGBIRD BRAIN; VULGARIS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIRDS; BRAIN; BRAIN MODELS; CONTROL THEORY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; PLASTICITY; REMOTE CONTROL;

TENSORS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL STRUCTURE; COURTSHIP; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; LOVE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 78650473787     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1551     Document Type: Review

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