Development of the catecholaminergic innervation of the song system of the male zebra finch

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 473-489

  Soha, Jill A ^a   Shimizu, Toru ^b   Doupe, Allison J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

catecholamines; development; learning; songbird; tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; LEARNING; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; CATECHOLAMINES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029916922     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199604)29:4<473::AID-NEU5>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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