Differential expression of glutamate receptors in avian neural pathways for learned vocalization

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 476, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-64

  Wada, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Sakaguchi, Hironobu ^c   Jarvis, Erich D ^a   Hagiwara, Masatoshi ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Dokkyou Medical College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neurotransmitter; Song nuclei; Song system

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 5; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCOPALLIUM; ARTICLE; BIRD; CEREBRAL VOCAL NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOVE; EVOLUTION; FOWL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMMINGBIRD; LANGUAGE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARROT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; ROBUST NUCLEUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SONGBIRD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LEARNING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARROTS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SONGBIRDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 3042771517     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20201     Document Type: Article

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