Circuits, hormones, and learning: Vocal behavior in songbirds

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 602-618

  Bottjer, Sarah W ^a   Johnson, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cortex; Development; Song learning; Steroids; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CASTRATION; COGNITION; CONTROL SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; HORMONES; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE NET; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030726216     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19971105)33:5<602::AID-NEU8>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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