Serotonin, via HTR2 receptors, excites neurons in a cortical-like premotor nucleus necessary for song learning and production

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 13808-13815

  Wood, William E ^a   Lovell, Peter V ^b   Mello, Claudio V ^b   Perkel, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINCH; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SINGING;

ANIMALS; FINCHES; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2; SEROTONIN; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80053260537     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2281-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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