Metabolic and neural activity in the song system nucleus robustus archistriatalis: Effect of age and gender

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 454, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 409-423

  Adret, Patrice ^a   Margoliash, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bursting; Cytochrome oxidase; Sensorimotor; Sex dimorphism; Songbirds; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ROBUSTUS ARCHISTRIATALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0037164604     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10459     Document Type: Article

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