Interaction between telencephalic signals and respiratory dynamics in songbirds

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2971-2983

  Méndez, Jorge M ^a   Mindlin, Gabriel B ^b   Goller, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Entrainment; Nonlinear dynamics; Respiration; Vocal control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CANARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CANARIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FINCHES; MALE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84861899171     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00646.2011     Document Type: Article

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