Neural correlates of behavioural olfactory sensitivity changes seasonally in european starlings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  de Groof, Geert ^a   Gwinner, Helga ^b   Steiger, Silke ^b   Kempenaers, Bart ^b   van der Linden, Annemie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE; MANGANESE;

ACHILLEA; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BREEDING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NESTING; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STARLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COLOR; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; AVES; RODENTIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANGANESE; OLFACTORY BULB; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; STARLINGS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78650736106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014337     Document Type: Article

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