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Animal Structures > High Vocal Center
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Telencephalon > Cerebrum > Basal Ganglia > Corpus Striatum > Neostriatum > High Vocal Center

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High Vocal Center  

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Note

  • found in birds only

Scope note

  • Nucleus in the NEOSTRIATUM of bird brains that sends signals for song production and receives auditory input. In some adult SONGBIRDS, research has shown that the size of this nucleus changes seasonally and that it exhibits neurogenesis.

History note

  • 2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053400

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