Anatomical and ontogenetic factors producing variation in HVc neuron number in zebra finches

Brain Research

Volumn 904, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 318-326

  Ward, Bonnie C ^a   Nordeen, Ernest J ^a   Nordeen, Kathy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Brain size; Testosterone; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EGG YOLK; ETHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIBLING; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; EGG YOLK; MALE; NEURONS; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035933546     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02488-X     Document Type: Article

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