Age-related changes in the Bengalese finch song motor program

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 564-568

  Cooper, Brenton G ^a   Méndez, Jorge M ^b   Saar, Sigal ^c   Whetstone, Addison G ^a   Meyers, Ron ^d   Goller, Franz ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Respiration; Sensorimotor integration; Speech; Timing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENGALESE FINCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FAST OXIDATIVE MUSCLE FIBER; FINCH; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INSPIRATORY MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONG PRODUCTION; SONG SYLLABLE; SONG TEMPO; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; SUPERFAST MUSCLE FIBER; SYRINGEAL MUSCLE; VOCAL CORD MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FINCHES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84855761349     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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