To modulate and be modulated: Estrogenic influences on auditory processing of communication signals within a socio-neuro-endocrine framework

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-28

  Yoder, Kathleen M ^a   Vicario, David S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Estrogens; Social context; Songbird

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HEARING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84861726893     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026673     Document Type: Article

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