Adult female and male zebra finches show distinct patterns of spine deficits in an auditory area and in the song system when reared without exposure to normal adult song

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 487, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-126

  Lauay, Christine ^a   Komorowski, Robert W ^a,b   Beaudin, Anna E ^a   DeVoogd, Timothy J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Golgi stain; Hearing; HVC; NCM; Song; Synaptogenesis; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; HEARING; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY CORTEX; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SILVER STAINING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 19544391638     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20591     Document Type: Article

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