Afferent input is necessary for seasonal growth and maintenance of adult avian song control circuits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2320-2329

  Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a   Lent, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Bird; Birdsong; Plasticity; Season; Song; Song system; Songbird; Testosterone; Trophic; White crowned sparrow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BREEDING; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSORY NERVE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035313068     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-07-02320.2001     Document Type: Article

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