Post-hatching syrinx development in the zebra finch: An analysis of androgen receptor, aromatase, estrogen receptor α and estrogen receptor β mRNAs

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-104

  Veney, Sean L ^a,b   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrocyte; In situ hybridization; Muscle; Songbird; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FINCH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARYNX; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOCALIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROMATASE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARYNX; MEN; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WOMEN;

EID: 17644409114     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0577-5     Document Type: Article

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