Effects of captivity and testosterone on the volumes of four brain regions in the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 244-253

  Smulders, T V ^a,c   Casto, J M ^b   Nolan Jr , V ^b   Ketterson, E D ^b   DeVoogd, T J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian hippocampal formation; Ectostriatum; Home range size; Nucleus rotundus; Spatial memory; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL MEMORY; TELEMETRY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0034608571     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4695(20000605)43:3<244::aid-neu3>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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