Lesions to the medial preoptic nucleus affect immediate early gene immunolabeling in brain regions involved in song control and social behavior in male European starlings

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 970-982

  Alger, Sarah J ^a   Maasch, Sarah N ^a   Riters, Lauren V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrolytic lesion; Preoptic area; Sexually motivated song; Song control system; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARLING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARLINGS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 61449223021     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06637.x     Document Type: Article

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