Coordinated and dissociated effects of testosterone on singing behavior and song control nuclei in canaries (Serinus canaria)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-476

  Sartor, Jennifer J ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^b   Ball, Gregory F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity dependent plasticity; Area X; Birdsong; DHT; Estrogen; Neural plasticity; RA; Seasonal; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANARY; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SINGING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 15044350671     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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