The integration of song environment by catecholaminergic systems innervating the auditory telencephalon of adult female European starlings

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 656-668

  Sockman, Keith W ^a   Salvante, Katrina G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immediate early gene; Mate choice; Neuroplasticity; Norepinephrine; ZENK

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MATE CHOICE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; SINGING; STARLING; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; STARLINGS; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 41549159407     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20611     Document Type: Article

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