Colocalization of immediate early genes in catecholamine cells after song exposure in female Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia Guttata)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 252-260

  Lynch, Kathleen S ^a,c   Diekamp, Bettina ^b   Ball, Gregory F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Communication; Dopamine; Immediate early gene; Noradrenaline; Songbird

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FINCH; GENETICS; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; LOCUS CERULEUS; METABOLISM; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATECHOLAMINES; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; FINCHES; LOCUS COERULEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84862882397     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337533     Document Type: Article

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