Control of vocal and respiratory patterns in birdsong: Dissection of forebrain and brainstem mechanisms using temperature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Andalman, Aaron S ^a   Foerster, Jakob N ^a   Fee, Michale S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; COORDINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; BREATHING; CYTOLOGY; EXHALATION; FINCH; INHALATION; METABOLISM; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SYNAPSE; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; IPS; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; EXHALATION; FINCHES; INHALATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PRESSURE; PROSENCEPHALON; RESPIRATION; SYNAPSES; TEMPERATURE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80053258294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025461     Document Type: Article

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