Characterization of synaptically connected nuclei in a potential sensorimotor feedback pathway in the zebra finch song system

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Williams, Shayna M ^a,c   Nast, Alexis ^b   Coleman, Melissa J ^a  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL AREA MEDIAL MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS OF THE NIDOPALLIUM; CORTICAL NUCLEUS HVC; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMONITORING; NONHUMAN; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ZEBRA FISH; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINCH; HYPOTHALAMUS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNAPSE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FINCHES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SONGBIRDS; SYNAPSES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84863411340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032178     Document Type: Article

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