Photoperiodic condition modulates the effects of testosterone on song control nuclei volumes in male European starlings

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 276-283

  Bernard, Daniel J ^a,b   Ball, Gregory F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOICE;

EID: 0031081018     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6829     Document Type: Article

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