Androgen control of vocal control region volumes in a wild migratory songbird (Junco hyemalis) is region and possibly age dependent

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-402

  Gulledge, Cynthia C ^a   Deviche, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

junco; seasonality; song; storage phase; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; VOCAL CORD;

AGE FACTORS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; MALE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030982812     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199704)32:4<391::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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