Vocal control in echolocating bats

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue C, 2010, Pages 403-415

  Metzner, Walter ^a   Schuller, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

anterior cingulate cortex; auditory feedback; bat; brainstem; FoxP2; larynx biomechanics; vocal motor pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016229717     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374593-4.00037-1     Document Type: Chapter

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