Reorganization of a telencephalic motor region during sexual differentiation and vocal learning in zebra finches

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-263

  Johnson, Frank ^a   Sellix, Mike ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindbrain; Retrograde labeling; Sexual differentiation; Telencephalon; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; JUVENILE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SINGING; TELENCEPHALON; VOCAL CORD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0034733892     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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