Regulation of learned vocal behavior by an auditory motor cortical nucleus in juvenile zebra finches

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 291-300

  Naie, Katja ^a   Hahnloser, Richard H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Auditory feedback; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINCH; GROUPS BY AGE; JUVENILE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NIDOPALLIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; STEREOTYPY; VOCALIZATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; FINCHES; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79959921501     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01035.2010     Document Type: Article

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