Annual cycle of the black-capped chickadee: Seasonality of singing rates and vocal-control brain regions

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1002-1010

  Phillmore, Leslie S ^a   Jennifer, S ^a   Hoshooley, ^a   Sherry, David F ^a   MacDougall Shacklefon, Scoff A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neural plasticity; Parus atricapillus; Poecile atricapillus; Song control system

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREEDING; CRYOPROTECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; TELENCEPHALON; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLORING AGENTS; LEARNING; ONTARIO; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33747149616     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20282     Document Type: Article

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