Is the Songbird Area X Striatal, Pallidal, or Both? An Anatomical Study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 473, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-437

  Carrillo, Gabriela D ^a   Doupe, Allison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Development; Enkephalin; Homeobox, birds; Mammals; Substance P

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENKEPHALIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HOMEOBOX; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MALE; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; THALAMUS; VOCAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLCHICINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENKEPHALINS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IBOTENIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SONGBIRDS; SUBSTANCE P; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 2342467502     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20099     Document Type: Article

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