Song and the song control pathway in the brain can develop independently of exposure to song in the sedge warbler

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1509, 2002, Pages 2519-2524

  Leitner, Stefan ^a,b   Nicholson, Joanne ^a   Leisler, Bernd ^b   DeVoogd, Timothy J ^c   Catchpole, Clive K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; HVc; Sedge warbler; Sexual selection; Song learning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; CELL DENSITY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDGE WARBLER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SINGING; TELENCEPHALON;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0037160242     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2172     Document Type: Article

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