Auditory feedback and song production do not regulate seasonal growth of song control circuits in adult white-crowned sparrows

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 6810-6814

  Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a   Lent, Karin ^a   Rubel, Edwin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Bird; Birdsong; Plasticity; Seasonal; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASON; SPARROW; SPECIES; TELENCEPHALON;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEEDBACK; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SONGBIRDS; SPARROWS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34250896115     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1248-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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