Estradiol and song affect female zebra finch behavior independent of dopamine in the striatum

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-392

  Svec, Lace A ^a   Lookingland, Keith J ^a,b   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Nucleus accumbens; Song preference; Songbird; Striatum

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; RACLOPRIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOCALIZATION;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MICRODISSECTION; RACLOPRIDE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 70149096418     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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