Breeding conditions induce rapid and sequential growth in adult avian song control circuits: A model of seasonal plasticity in the brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 854-861

  Tramontin, Anthony D ^a,b   Hartman, Vesta N ^a   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasticity; Season; Song system; Songbird; Testosterone; White crowned sparrow

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; MALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEREOTYPY; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034651109     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-02-00854.2000     Document Type: Article

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