Dominance-related changes in spatial memory are associated with changes in hippocampal cell proliferation rates in mountain chickadees

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-41

  Pravosudov, Vladimir V ^a   Omanska, Alicja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Hippocampus; Mountain chickadee; Neurogenesis; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 10444248947     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20065     Document Type: Article

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