Hormones make songs sexually attractive: Hormone-dependent neural changes in the vocal control system of songbirds

Zoology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 260-272

  Gahr, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgens; Courtship; Estrogens; HVC; Singing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006587475     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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