Androgens and isolation from adult tutors differentially affect the development of songbird neurons critical to vocal plasticity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-42

  Livingston, Frederick S ^a   Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MATURATION; EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SONGBIRD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEACHER; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0035176173     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.1.34     Document Type: Article

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