Singing-driven gene expression in the developing songbird brain

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 390-398

  Johnson, Frank ^a   Whitney, Osceola ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food availability; Post transcriptional regulation; Song production; Telencephalon; Zebra finch; ZENK

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 26944471147     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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