Evidence for opioid involvement in the regulation of song production in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 245-255

  Riters, Lauren V ^a   Schroeder, Molly B ^a   Auger, Catherine J ^a   Eens, Marcel ^b   Pinxten, Rianne ^b   Ball, Gregory F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METENKEPHALIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REPRODUCTION; REWARD; SINGING; SONGBIRD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARLINGS;

EID: 14044279293     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.1.245     Document Type: Article

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