Evidence for the involvement of two areas of the zebra finch forebrain in sexual imprinting

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-113

  Rollenhagen, Astrid ^a   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arousal; Avian brain; Birds; Cyproterone acetate; Golgi; Learning; Spine density; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE ACETATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COURTSHIP; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034115521     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1999.3922     Document Type: Article

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