Roles of photoperiod and testosterone in seasonal plasticity of the avian song control system

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 426-442

  Smith, G Troy ^a,b   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

birdsong; go nadal steroids; neural plasticity; photoperiod; season; song control nuclei

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030900577     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199704)32:4<426::AID-NEU6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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