Social modulation during songbird courtship potentiates midbrain dopaminergic neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Huang, Ya Chun ^a   Hessler, Neal A ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; STRESS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 53249097513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003281     Document Type: Article

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