Seasonal plasticity in the adult brain

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 251-258

  Tramontin, Anthony D ^a   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0034212355     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01558-7     Document Type: Review

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