Neuroendocrinology of song behavior and avian brain plasticity: Multiple sites of action of sex steroid hormones

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-178

  Ball, Gregory F ^a   Riters, Lauren V ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afferent inputs; Birds; Catecholamines; Preoptic area; Seasonal plasticity; Song system; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL NUCLEUS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SPRING; TELENCEPHALON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036226180     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.2002.0230     Document Type: Article

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