Neural correlates of threat perception: Neural equivalence of conspecific and heterospecific mobbing calls is learned

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Avey, Marc T ^a   Hoeschele, Marisa ^a   Moscicki, Michele K ^a   Bloomfield, Laurie L ^b   Sturdy, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHICKADEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON; THREAT; ANIMAL; FEAR; LEARNING; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PASSERI;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEAR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80052292294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023844     Document Type: Article

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