Increased expression of endogenous biotin, but not BDNF, in telencephalic song regions during zebra finch vocal learning

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-123

  Johnson, Frank ^a   Norstrom, Eric ^a   Soderstrom, Ken ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avidin biotin complex; Neurotrophins; Telencephalon; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGING; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIOTIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; AVES; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034653536     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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