Responses of primate frontal cortex neurons during natural vocal communication

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1158-1171

  Miller, Cory T ^a   Thomas, A Wren ^a,b   Nummela, Samuel U ^a   de la Mothe, Lisa A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiphonal calling; Marmosets; Natural behavior; Primate frontal cortex; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALLITRICHINAE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84940055219     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01003.2014     Document Type: Article

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