An Immunohistochemical and Pathway Tracing Study of the Striatopallidal Organization of Area X in the Male Zebra Finch

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 469, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-261

  Reiner, Anton ^a   Laverghetta, Antonio V ^a   Meade, Christopher A ^a   Cuthbertson, Sherry L ^a   Bottjer, Sarah W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Motor learning; Pallidum; Song learning; Songbird; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; LYSINE; NEUROTENSIN[8-13]; PARVALBUMIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FOREBRAIN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; ORGANIZATION; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; THALAMUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AND CAMP-REGULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN 32; ENKEPHALINS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PARVALBUMINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; SUBSTANCE P; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0347089306     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.11012     Document Type: Article

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