Molecular mapping of brain areas involved in parrot vocal communication

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 419, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-31

  Jarvis, Erich D ^a   Mello, Claudio V ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian species; Evolution; Immediate early genes; Neuroethology; Parakeet; Song system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEARING; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEARING; MALE; PARAKEETS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034014679     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000327)419:1<1::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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