Seasonal changes in intrinsic electrophysiological activity of song control neurons in wild song sparrows

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 677-683

  Meitzen, John ^a   Perkel, David J ^a   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Seasonal plasticity; Song sparrow; Songbird; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPARROW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HORMONES; LATERAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SPARROWS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34249671597     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0222-1     Document Type: Article

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