Acute injections of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in a vocal premotor nucleus reversibly disrupt adult birdsong stability and trigger syllable deletion

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 406-424

  Kittelberger, J Matthew ^a,b   Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b W 253 Seeley G Mudd Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Motor learning; Neurotrophin; RA; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INJECTION; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SONGBIRD; STEREOTYPY; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FINCHES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TELENCEPHALON; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 13844254842     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20109     Document Type: Article

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