Lucifer Yellow filling of area X-projecting neurons in the high vocal center of female canaries

Brain Research

Volumn 799, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 138-147

  Benton, Stacey ^a   Cardin, Jessica A ^b   Devoogd, Timothy J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Neuroscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Dendrite; Songbird; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CANARY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CANARIES; DENDRITES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOQUINOLINES; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032514268     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00485-5     Document Type: Article

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