Sex Differences in Neuropeptide Staining of Song-Control Nuclei in Zebra Finch Brains

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 284-303

  Bottjer, Sarah W ^a   Roselinsky, Howard ^a   Tran, Ngoc B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropeptide; Sex difference; Somatostatin; Songbird; Vocal behavior; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI; POEPHILA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROSENCEPHALON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOMATOSTATIN; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030634355     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113342     Document Type: Article

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