Nerve growth factor effects on the song control system of zebra finches

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-164

  Fiore, M ^a,b   Patel, S N ^c   Alleva, E ^d   Aloe, L ^b   Clayton, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

ChAT; cholinergic system; higher vocal center; ibotenic acid; nerve growth factor; song; zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IBOTENIC ACID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IBOTENIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031046536     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13425-5     Document Type: Article

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