Fate of new neurons in adult canary high vocal center during the first 30 days after their formation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 411, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 487-494

  Kirn, John R ^a   Fishman, Yon ^b   Sasportas, Kari ^a   Alvarez Buylla, Arturo ^b   Nottebohm, Fernando ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Neuronal death; Song bird; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANARY; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CANARIES; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; NEURONS; STILBAMIDINES; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0032796633     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990830)411:3<487::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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