Estradiol modulates neural responses to song in a seasonal songbird

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 511, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-186

  Maney, Donna L ^a   Goode, Christopher T ^a   Lange, Henry S ^a   Sanford, Sara E ^a   Solomon, Benjamin L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Egr 1; Sexual behavior; Social behavior network; ZENK

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MUSIC; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZONA INCERTA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROWS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 58149133541     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21830     Document Type: Article

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