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The development of stimulus-specific auditory responses requires song exposure in male but not female zebra finches

  1. Kristen K. Maul1,†,*,
  2. Henning U. Voss2,†,
  3. Lucas C. Parra3,
  4. Delanthi Salgado-Commissariat4,
  5. Douglas Ballon2,
  6. Ofer Tchernichovski1,
  7. Santosh A. Helekar5

Article first published online: 23 NOV 2009

DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20751

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Developmental Neurobiology

Developmental Neurobiology

Volume 70, Issue 1, pages 28–40, January 2010

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Maul, K. K., Voss, H. U., Parra, L. C., Salgado-Commissariat, D., Ballon, D., Tchernichovski, O. and Helekar, S. A. (2010), The development of stimulus-specific auditory responses requires song exposure in male but not female zebra finches. Devel Neurobio, 70: 28–40. doi: 10.1002/dneu.20751

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  1. 1

    Department of Biology, The City College of New York, City University of New York, New York

  2. 2

    Department of Radiology and Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York

  3. 3

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York, City University of New York, New York

  4. 4

    The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas

  5. 5

    Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

  1. †

    Kristen K. Maul and Henning U. Voss contributed equally to this study.

*Department of Biology, The City College of New York, City University of New York, New York

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 23 NOV 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 14 AUG 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 12 AUG 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 4 JUN 2009

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  • IBIS
  • CCNY (RCMI Grant)

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