Sex differences in the developmental changes of GABAergic neurons in zebra finch song control nuclei

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-68

  Sakaguchi, Hironobu ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental study; GABAergic neurons; Sexual dimorphism; Song control nuclei; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029928766     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00242904     Document Type: Article

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