Local inhibition modulates learning-dependent song encoding in the songbird auditory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 721-733

  Thompson, Jason V ^a,b   Jeanne, James M ^a,b,d   Gentner, Timothy Q ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabazine; Inhibition; Iontophoresis; Learning dependent plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARLING;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; IONTOPHORESIS; LEARNING; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRIDAZINES; SINGING; STARLINGS;

EID: 84873340662     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00262.2012     Document Type: Article

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