Elevated aromatase activity in forebrain synaptic terminals during song

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-199

  Remage Healey, Luke ^a   Oyama, R K ^a   Schlinger, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hypothalamus; Membrane; Nongenomic; Rapid; Songbird

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SONGBIRD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROSENCEPHALON; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UP-REGULATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 60549087923     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01820.x     Document Type: Article

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