Early seasonal development of brain song control nuclei in male blue tits

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 386, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-144

  Caro, Samuel P ^a   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

HVC; Parus caeruleus; Populations; Robust nucleus of the arcopallium; Seasonal changes; Song system

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OAK; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SPRING; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 23444434117     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.074     Document Type: Article

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