Role of the midbrain dopaminergic system in modulation of vocal brain activation by social context

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3406-3416

  Hara, Erina ^a   Kubikova, Lubica ^b,c   Hessler, Neal A ^a   Jarvis, Erich D ^b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Dopamine; Immediate early gene; Sexual motivation; Vocal production

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURON; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOCALIZATION;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FINCHES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OXIDOPAMINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34249899944     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05600.x     Document Type: Article

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