Auditory synapses to song premotor neurons are gated off during vocalization in zebra finches

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Hamaguchi, Kosuke ^a   Tschida, Katherine A ^a   Yoon, Inho ^b   Donald, Bruce R ^a,b,c   Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY SYNAPSE; DISTORTED AUDITORY FEEDBACK; FINCH; FOREBRAIN; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; LATERAL MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS OF THE ANTERIOR NIDOPALLIUM; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; SINGING; SOUND ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84898723399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01833.001     Document Type: Article

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