TrkB-like immunoreactivity in the song system of developing zebra finches

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-39

  Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Neurotrophin; NT 4 5; Sexual differentiation; Songbird

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034193862     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(00)00051-X     Document Type: Article

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