Anterior forebrain pathway is needed for stable song expression in adult male white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 135-150

  Benton, Stacey ^a   Nelson, Douglas A ^b   Marler, Peter ^c   DeVoogd, Timothy J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesions; Plasticity; Seasonality; Song system; Testosterone; White crowned sparrow

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING;

ANIMALS; LEARNING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032212397     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00011-4     Document Type: Article

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