Sexual dimorphism in song-induced ZENK expression in the medial striatum of juvenile zebra finches

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 401, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 86-91

  Bailey, David J ^a   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area X; Basal ganglia; Immediate early gene; Sex difference; Song learning; Song perception

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZENK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33646434557     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.02.076     Document Type: Article

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