title: Behavioral learning. The illuminated songbird.
abstract: Recent studies of the neural mechanisms of avian song learning suggest that pathways for adult song production are distinct from those essential to juvenile song development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mooney
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005246:Feedback; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D014828:Vocalization, Animal / Q000502:physiology*