Introduction to the chemical neuroanatomy of birdsong

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Ball, Gregory F ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROSTEROID; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CANARY; CYTOLOGY; EDITORIAL; ETHOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINCH; FOREBRAIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LEARNING; MATING; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; STARLING; TELENCEPHALON; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 75349114013     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.10.003     Document Type: Editorial

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