Increased Fos expression among midbrain dopaminergic cell groups during birdsong tutoring

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 662-670

  Nordeen, E J ^a   Holtzman, D A ^a   Nordeen, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Periaqueductal gray; Reinforcement; Reward; Substantia nigra pars compacta; Ventral tegmental area; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FINCH; HEARING; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 69249146923     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06849.x     Document Type: Article

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