Bird song is controlled by a discrete network of brain nuclei. The size of several song control nuclei changes seasonally in many seasonally breeding songbird species. Reports of seasonal changes in the size of song nuclei have relied primarily on Nissl stains to define the borders of these regions.
Seasonal changes in avian song control circuits do not cause seasonal changes in song discrimination in song sparrows
β Scribed by Reeves, Brendan J. ;Beecher, Michael D. ;Brenowitz, Eliot A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3034
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