Song-evoked inhibition and its role in vocal plasticity
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cell types, one that innervates the song motor nucleus RA, and the other that innervates the basal ganglia homologue area X. Area X, the thalamic nucleus DLM and the anterior telencephalic nucleus LMAN form the anterior forebrain pathway (AFP; gray), which is implicated in auditory feedback and song perception, and which is essential to audition-guided vocal plasticity in juvenile and adult birds. Song-evoked inhibition and its role in vocal plasticity
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