Activity-dependent plasticity in visual forebrain areas of the zebra finch
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Activity-dependent plasticity in visual forebrain areas of the zebra finch.
It has previously been shown that the activity of some area of the forebrain of birds is dependent on the arousal level of the animal. Other areas do not show this dependency. This paper, on the basis of 2-DG experiments and spine density measurements on Golgi-impregnated tissue, shows that primary telencephalic target areas of the two visual pathways of zebra finch males are not dependent on a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioural Brain Research
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0166-4328
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4328(96)00052-6