Dissecting natural sensory plasticity: Hormones and experience in a maternal context

Hearing Research

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Miranda, Jason A ^a,b   Liu, Robert C ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Estrogen; Mouse; Neuromodulation; Neurotransmitter; Ultrasound communication

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCALIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 67349259567     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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