Differential expression pattern and steroid hormone sensitivity of SNAP-25 and synaptoporin mRNA in the telencephalic song control nucleus HVC of the zebra finch

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 475, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-94

  Voigt, Cornellia ^a   Metzdorf, Reinhold ^b   Gahr, Manfred ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estrogen; In situ hybridization; Song system; Songbird; Synaptic protein

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; PLACEBO; SYNAPTOPODIN; SYNAPTOPORIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCHISTRIATUM NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SONG CONTROL NUCLEUS; SONGBIRD; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FADROZOLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SONGBIRDS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 2642517871     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20151     Document Type: Article

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