Muscle-dependent and hormone-dependent differentiation of the vocal control premotor nucleus robustus archistriatalis and the motornucleus hypoglossus pars tracheosyringealis of the zebra finch

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 220-231

  Lohmann, Ragna ^a   Gahr, Manfred ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Denervation; Development; Estrogen; Peripheral influence; Sexual dimorphism; Syringeal musculature; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENERVATION; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033964485     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(20000205)42:2<220::AID-NEU6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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