Age and Sex Differences in Mitotic Activity within the Zebra Finch Telencephalon

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4080-4094

  DeWulf, Valerie D ^a,b   Bottjer, Sarah W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Proliferation; Songbird; Stem cell; Ventricular zone (VZ); Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MATURATION; MITOSIS RATE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; STEM CELL; TELENCEPHALON; VOCAL CORD; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MITOSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; MITOSIS; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037095688     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-10-04080.2002     Document Type: Article

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