Identification, distribution, and developmental changes of a melatonin binding site in the song control system of the zebra finch

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 367, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 308-318

  Gahr, Manfred ^a   Kosar, Evzen ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

area X; HVC; sexual dimorphism; songbird

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA ANALYSIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; VOCAL CORD; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; FEMALE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029932425     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960401)367:2<308::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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