eLife (May 2020)

Acetylcholine in action

Erin M Wall,
Sarah C Woolley

Affiliations

Erin M Wall: ORCiD; Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Sarah C Woolley: ORCiD; Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.57515
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9

Abstract

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

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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