Immediate early gene activity in song control nuclei and brain areas regulating motivation relates positively to singing behavior during, but not outside of, a breeding context

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-224

  Heimovics, Sarah A ^a   Riters, Lauren V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; High vocal center; Immediate early gene; Medial preoptic nucleus; Motivation; Robust nucleus of the arcopallium; Season; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOTIVATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STARLINGS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 27744446240     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20181     Document Type: Article

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