Hormonal modulation of singing: Hormonal modulation of the songbird brain and singing behavior

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1016, Issue , 2004, Pages 524-539

  Harding, Cheryl F ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Hormone dependent; Seasonal; Vocal control

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ARGIPRESTOCIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREEDING; CASTRATION; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; SOCIAL STATUS; SONGBIRD; VOCAL CORD;

FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242732018     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1298.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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