Expression of immediate early genes in the hippocampal formation of the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) during a food-hoarding task

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 39-49

  Smulders, Tom V ^a   DeVoogd, Timothy J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Food storing birds; Fos; Fra 1; Immediate early genes; Immunocytochemistry; Memory retrieval; Spatial memory; Zenk

Indexed keywords

IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN FRA 1; PROTEIN ZENK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN SIZE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD STORAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SONGBIRDS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034283516     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00189-3     Document Type: Article

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