Mice lacking the cerebral cortex develop normal song: Insights into the foundations of vocal learning

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hammerschmidt, Kurt ^a   Whelan, Gabriela ^b   Eichele, Gregor ^b   Fischer, Julia ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84924565091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08808     Document Type: Article

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