In Vivo Recording of Single-Unit Activity during Singing in Zebra Finches
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In vivo recording of single-unit activity during singing in zebra finches.
The zebra finch is an important model for investigating the neural mechanisms that underlie vocal production and learning. Previous anatomical and gene expression studies have identified an interconnected set of brain areas in this organism that are important for singing. To advance our understanding of how these various brain areas act together to learn and produce a highly stereotyped song, i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1940-3402,1559-6095
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot084624