Estradiol-dependent modulation of auditory processing and selectivity in songbirds

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-302

  Maney, Donna ^a   Pinaud, Raphael ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Aromatase; Audition; Auditory coding; Behavior; Estrogen; Fadrozole; Selectivity; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NORADRENALIN; SEX HORMONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; COURTSHIP; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HEARING; HORMONE ACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATECHOLAMINES; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROSENCEPHALON; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79960561962     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2010.12.002     Document Type: Review

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