Testosterone and social context affect singing behavior but not song control region volumes in adult male songbirds in the fall

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-37

  Strand, C R ^a   Ross, M S ^b   Weiss, S L ^c   Deviche, P ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroplasticity; Photoperiod; Singing; Steroid; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SILASTIC; TESTOSTERONE;

ANATOMY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BRAIN; ENZYME; METABOLITE; PHOTOPERIOD; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HORMONE ACTION; HOUSE FINCH; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONG CONTROL REGION; SONGBIRD; SPRING; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; SUGARCANE RAMU STUNT DISEASE PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 40649083261     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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