Contributions of social cues and photoperiod to seasonal plasticity in the adult avian song control system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 476-483

  Tramontin, Anthony D ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Bird song; Communication; Social influences; Song nuclei; Song system; White crowned sparrow

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032939678     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00476.1999     Document Type: Article

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