Motor origin of precise synaptic inputs onto forebrain neurons driving a skilled behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 299-307

  Vallentin, Daniela ^a   Long, Michael A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Intracellular recording; Premotor; Sequence generation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE STUMP; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SKILL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SONGBIRD; SYNAPSE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; SONGBIRDS; SYNAPSES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84920511004     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3698-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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