Testosterone-dependent increase of gap-junctions in HVC neurons of adult female canaries

Brain Research

Volumn 712, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-73

  Gahr, M ^a   Garcia Segura, L M ^b  

^a Univ Zurich Max Planck Inst F V   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary; Gap junction; HVC; Plasticity; Singing; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CANARY; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

EID: 0029875546     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01448-9     Document Type: Article

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