Falling on deaf neurons.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24550256.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.02289 and PMC identifier 3927424.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
The brain of a bird that is singing appears to be able to block out certain signals and prevent them from influencing brain activity.
Medical subject headings
- Auditory Pathways
- Auditory Perception
- Finches
- Motor Cortex
- Neuronal Plasticity
- Synaptic Transmission
- Vocalization, Animal