Evidence that dopamine within motivation and song control brain regions regulates birdsong context-dependently

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 258-266

  Heimovics, Sarah A ^a   Riters, Lauren V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Area X; Context; Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Medial preoptic nucleus; Songbird, European starling, Sturnus vulgaris; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; STARLING; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 49349117144     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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