Seasonal changes in the densities of α2-noradrenergic receptors are inversely related to changes in testosterone and the volumes of song control nuclei in male European starlings

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 444, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-74

  Riters, Lauren V ^a   Pinxten, Rianne ^b   Eens, Marcel ^b   Ball, Gregory F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural plasticity; Norepinephrine; Seasonality; Song control system; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BREEDING; MALE; MATING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGING; SONG CONTROL NUCLEUS; STARLING; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; VOCALIZATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; IDAZOXAN; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; TESTOSTERONE; TRITIUM; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037169858     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10131     Document Type: Article

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