Social Brains in Context: Lesions Targeted to the Song Control System in Female Cowbirds Affect Their Social Network

Sarah E. Maguire; Marc F. Schmidt; David J. White

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063239

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Social Brains in Context: Lesions Targeted to the Song Control System in Female Cowbirds Affect Their Social Network

Sarah E. Maguire,

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Marc F. Schmidt,

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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David J. White

* E-mail: dwhite@wlu.ca

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Social Brains in Context: Lesions Targeted to the Song Control System in Female Cowbirds Affect Their Social Network

Sarah E. Maguire,
Marc F. Schmidt,
David J. White

Published: May 1, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063239

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