Seasonal-like plasticity of spontaneous firing rate in a songbird pre-motor nucleus

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-191

  Park, Kevin H J ^a   Meitzen, John ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^a,b   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a   Perkel, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Birdsong; Electrophysiology; Estrogen; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARCOPALLIUM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTRADIOL; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; STATISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 22144495772     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20145     Document Type: Article

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