Hormonal and environmental control of song control region growth and new neuron addition in adult male house finches, Carpodacus mexicanus

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 827-837

  Strand, Christine R ^a   Deviche, Pierre ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HVC; Neurogenesis; Photoperiod; Songbird; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINCH; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SPRING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; FINCHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34250885687     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20400     Document Type: Article

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