Sex Differences in the Effects of Captivity on Hippocampus Size in Brown-Headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater obscurus)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 527-534

  Day, Lainy B ^a,b,c   Guerra, Marjorie ^b   Schlinger, Barney A ^b   Rothstein, Stephen I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brain plasticity; brood parasitism; cowbird; hippocampus; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 44649142463     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.122.3.527     Document Type: Article

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