Sex steroid-induced neuroplasticity and behavioral activation in birds

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2116-2132

  Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Charlier, Thierry D ^a   Barker, Jennifer M ^a   Yamamura, Takashi ^b   Ball, Gregory F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doublecortin; HVC; Japanese quail; Preoptic area; Sexual behavior; Song control system; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOUBLECORTIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN SIZE; CANARY; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENDRITIC CELL; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUAIL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGING; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; CANARIES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL MOVEMENT; COTURNIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; PREOPTIC AREA; SEASONS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 78650001648     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07518.x     Document Type: Article

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