Acetylcholine in action

Elife. 2020 May 19:9:e57515. doi: 10.7554/eLife.57515.

Authors

Erin M Wall^{1

2}, Sarah C Woolley^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
² Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
³ Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Abstract

The neurotransmitter acetylcholine influences how male finches perform courtship songs by acting on a region of the premotor cortex called HVC.

Keywords: HVC; acetylcholine; motor performance; neuroscience; songbird.

© 2020, Wall and Woolley.

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MeSH terms

Acetylcholine
Animals
Finches*
Male
Motor Cortex*
Vocalization, Animal

Substances

Acetylcholine