Androgens and Estrogens Induce Seasonal-Like Growth of Song Nuclei in the Adult Songbird Brain

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-140

  Tramontin, Anthony D ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Plasticity; Season; Sex steroids; Song control system; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MATING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORCHIECTOMY; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0142072041     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10263     Document Type: Article

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