Modulation of singing-related activity in the songbird ventral tegmental area by social context

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3619-3627

  Yanagihara, Shin ^a   Hessler, Neal A ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Directed song; Dopamine; Reward; Social interaction; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MODULATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRDS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33845622077     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05228.x     Document Type: Article

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