Song-induced ZENK gene expression in auditory pathways of songbird brain and its relation to the song control system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 11 I, 1994, Pages 6652-6666

  Mello, Claudio V ^a   Clayton, David F ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

birdsong; field L; immediate early gene; NCM; song control circuit; ZENK

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SINGING; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0028131990     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.14-11-06652.1994     Document Type: Article

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