Identification of two forebrain structures that mediate execution of memorized sequences in the pigeon

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 958-968

  Helduser, Sascha ^a   Cheng, Sen ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pigeon; Sequence execution; Song system; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOPALLIUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOREBRAIN; LAMINA MESOPALLIALIS; LAMINA PALLIO SUBPALLIALIS; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NIDOPALLIUM CAUDOLATERALE; NIDOPALLIUM INTERMEDIUM MEDIALIS PARS LATERALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; MEMORY; PROSENCEPHALON; REACTION TIME; SINGING; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 84874059855     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00763.2012     Document Type: Article

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