Identification of catecholaminergic cell groups in the brainstem of the canary, zebra finch, white-throated sparrow and budgerigar by tyrosine hydroxylase immunocytochemistry

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-78

  Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical neuroanatomy; Dopamine; Noradrenaline; Oscines; Song birds; Song control nuclei; Song system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002188788     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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