Adult neurogenesis is associated with the maintenance of a Stereotyped, Learned Motor Behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7052-7057

  Pytte, Carolyn L ^a   George, Shanu ^a   Korman, Shoshana ^a   David, Eva ^a   Bogdan, Diane ^a   Kirn, John R ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DEAFNESS; FINCHES; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84861134174     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5385-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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