The effect of environmental harshness on neurogenesis: A large-scale comparison

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-252

  Chancellor, Leia V ^a   Roth, Timothy C ^a   LaDage, Lara D ^a   Pravosudov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black capped chickadee; Food hoarding; Hippocampus; Latitudinal gradient; Neuron; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 79551709926     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20847     Document Type: Article

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