Vocal-motor and auditory connectivity of the midbrain periaqueductal gray in a teleost fish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 791-812

  Kittelberger, J Matthew ^a,b   Bass, Andrew H ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio vocal; Hindbrain; Midshipman fish; Torus semicircularis; Vocal pattern generator

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY NUCLEUS; BRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTERIOR TUBERCULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST; TETRAPOD; THALAMUS; VOCAL MOTOR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; MESENCEPHALON; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84872699711     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23202     Document Type: Article

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