Sexual differentiation of the brain in songbirds

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 124-136

  Arnold, Arthur P ^a,c   Wade, Juli ^d   Grisham, William ^a   Jacobs, Erin C ^c   Campagnonih, Anthony T ^b,c  

^a The Departments of Physiology and Biophysics   (United States)

^b Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry Biobehavioral Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Birdsong; Estrogen; Fadrozole; Sexual differentiation; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELENCEPHALON; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MAMMALS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030036582     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111400     Document Type: Article

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