Neuroprotective effects of testosterone in a naturally occurring model of neurodegeneration in the adult avian song control system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4760-4770

  Thompson, Christopher K ^a   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Birdsong; Caspase; Neuroendocrine; Neuroethology; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN SIZE; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EFFERENT NERVE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIGHER VOCAL CENTER; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPARROW;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPARROWS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77958519780     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22486     Document Type: Article

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