Does sex or photoperiodic condition influence ZENK induction in response to song in European starlings?

Brain Research

Volumn 844, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 78-82

  Duffy, Deborah L ^a   Bentley, George E ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^a  

^a Behav Neuroendocrinol Grp   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; Immediate early gene; Photoperiod; ZENK

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; PHOTOPERIOD; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032882595     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01915-0     Document Type: Article

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