GABAergic neurons participate in the brain's response to birdsong auditory stimulation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1318-1330

  Pinaud, Raphael ^a   Velho, Tarciso A F ^a   Jeong, Jin K ^a   Tremere, Liisa A ^a   Leão, Ricardo M ^a,b   Von Gersdorff, Henrique ^a   Mello, Claudio V ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Auditory; Avian; GABA; GAD; NCM; Plasticity; Songbird; ZENK

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISOENZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZENK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; HEARING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 4544248923     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03585.x     Document Type: Article

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