Social affiliation relates to tyrosine hydroxylase immunolabeling in male and female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-55

  Alger, Sarah Jane ^a   Juang, Charity ^a   Riters, Lauren V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Mesolimbic dopamine system; Norepinephrine; Nucleus accumbens; Social behavior network; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 79960839403     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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