Early nutritional stress impairs development of a song-control brain region in both male and female juvenile song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) at the onset of song learning

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1600, 2006, Pages 2559-2564

  MacDonald, Ian F ^a   Kempster, Bethany ^a   Zanette, Liana ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birdsong; HVC; Neural development; Nutritional stress; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; FOOD INTAKE; LEARNING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPARROW;

AVES; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERI;

EID: 33748953707     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3547     Document Type: Article

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