A role for norepinephrine in the regulation of context-dependent ZENK expression in male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1962-1972

  Castelino, Christina B ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area X; Birdsong; DSP 4; Locus coeruleus; Neuromodulation; Noradrenergic

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO N (2 CHLOROETHYL) N ETHYLBENZYLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTOXIN; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ZEBRA FISH; ZENK GENE;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZYLAMINES; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL COUNT; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NOREPINEPHRINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEX FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZIMELDINE;

EID: 18844432323     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04028.x     Document Type: Article

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