Dietary retinole acid affects song maturation and gene expression in the song system of the zebra finch

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1213-1224

  Wood, William E ^a,b   Olson, Christopher R ^a   Lovell, Peter V ^a   Mello, Claudio V ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Retinoid; Songbirds; Vitamin A; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOL; STROMAL CELL DERIVED RECEPTOR 2, MOUSE; STROMAL CELL-DERIVED RECEPTOR 2, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FINCH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; AGING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELEMENTAL DIET; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FINCHES; FOOD, FORMULATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUREGULIN-1; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TRETINOIN; VITAMIN A; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 49049112008     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20642     Document Type: Article

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