FnTm2, a novel brain-specific transcript, is dynamically expressed in the song learning circuit of the zebra finch

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 504, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-148

  Agate, Robert J ^a   Hertel, Moritz ^a   Nottebohm, Fernando ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fibronectin type III domain; FN3; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; FNTM2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEARING; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SINGING; ZENK GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVIAN PROTEINS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FIBRONECTINS; FINCHES; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34548234853     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21441     Document Type: Article

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