Changes in catecholamine levels and turnover rates in hypothalamic, vocal control, and auditory nuclei in male zebra finches during development

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-346

  Harding, Cheryl F ^a   Barclay, Sharon R ^a   Waterman, Susanna A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Norepinephrine; Sexual differentiation; Song learning; Vocal control system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIRD; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIRDS; CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031951677     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199803)34:4<329::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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