A comparative study of the β-adrenoceptors in higher song nuclei of birds

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-12

  Revilla, Victoria ^a   Revilla, Raquel ^a   Fernández López, Arsenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Goldfinch; Oscine songbirds; Parakeet; Psittaciformes

Indexed keywords

4 (3 TERT BUTYLAMINO 2 HYDROXYPROPOXY) 2 BENZIMIDAZOLONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIRD; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SINGING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; KINETICS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARAKEETS; PROPANOLAMINES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033551714     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00504-2     Document Type: Article

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