A field study of seasonal neuronal incorporation into the song control system of a songbird that lacks adult song learning

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-326

  Tramontin, Anthony D ^a   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; HVc; Plasticity; Song sparrow; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIRD; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; TESTOSTERONE; THYMIDINE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032816289     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990905)40:3<316::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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