Morphology of axonal projections from the high vocal center to vocal motor cortex in songbirds

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2742-2756

  Yip, Zhiqi C ^a   Miller Sims, Vanessa C ^a   Bottjer, Sarah W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor pathway; Vocal learning; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINCH; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FINCHES; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84862152957     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23084     Document Type: Article

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