GABA immunoreactivity in auditory and song control brain areas of zebra finches

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Pinaud, Raphael ^a,b   Mello, Claudio V ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; GABA; GAD; HVC; Inhibition; NCM; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FINCHES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34347238959     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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