What birdsong can teach us about the central noradrenergic system

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-111

  Castelino, Christina B ^a   Schmidt, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Learning; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Perception; Song system; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINCH; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEARING; LEARNING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAMMAL; MATE CHOICE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY EVALUATION; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIRDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 75349103235     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.08.003     Document Type: Review

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