Estradiol-dependent modulation of serotonergic markers in auditory areas of a seasonally breeding songbird

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-122

  Matragrano, Lisa L ^a   Sanford, Sara E ^a   Salvante, Katrina G ^b   Beaulieu, Michaël ^b   Sockman, Keith W ^c   Maney, Donna L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HIAA; 5 HT; Estradiol; Serotonin transporter (SERT); Songbird

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BREEDING; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HORMONE ACTION; INNERVATION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPARROW; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEARING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SPARROWS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84861731788     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025586     Document Type: Article

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