Influence of sex steroid hormones on spatial memory in a songbird

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 963-969

  Hodgson, Zoë G ^a   Meddle, Simone L ^b   Christians, Julian K ^a,d   Sperry, Todd S ^c   Healy, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Estrogen receptor; Hippocampus; Memory; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SONGBIRDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 54849409445     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0369-4     Document Type: Article

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