No effect of social group composition or size on hippocampal formation morphology and neurogenesis in mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli)

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 538-547

  Fox, Rebecca A ^a   Roth II, Timothy C ^a   LaDage, Lara D ^a   Pravosudov, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doublecortin; Hippocampus; Poecile gambeli; Social grouping

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; POECILE GAMBELI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PAIR BOND; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 77952396415     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20795     Document Type: Article

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