Birds as a model to study adult neurogenesis: Bridging evolutionary, comparative and neuroethological approaches

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 884-907

  Barnea, Anat ^a   Pravosudov, Vladimir ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Bird song; Food caching; Neurogenesis; Neuronal replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT NEUROGENESIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOME RANGE; INVERTEBRATE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ETHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROLOGY; NEURONS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80053005919     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07851.x     Document Type: Article

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