Seasonal and sex-related variation in song control nuclei in a species with near-monomorphic song, the northern cardinal

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 443, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-173

  Jawor, Jodie M ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Cardinalis cardinalis; Northern cardinal; Song control system

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BREEDING; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 50249184548     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.07.085     Document Type: Article

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