Electrophysiological characterization and computational models of HVC neurons in the zebra finch

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1227-1245

  Daou, Arij ^a   Ross, Matthew T ^a   Johnson, Frank ^a   Hyson, Richard L ^a   Bertram, Richard ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Computational model; Ionic currents; Song system

Indexed keywords

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL POPULATION; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HVC NERVE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; ION CURRENT; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBUST NUCLEUS OF ARCOPALLIUM; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84883372513     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00162.2013     Document Type: Article

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