Motor-induced transcription but sensory-regulated translation of ZENK in socially interactive songbirds

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-259

  Whitney, Osceola ^a,b   Johnson, Frank ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor driven ZENK; Post transcriptional regulation; Social context; Songbird; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZENK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRD; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION; ZENK GENE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DEAFNESS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 27744443672     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20187     Document Type: Article

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