Melatonin affects the temporal pattern of vocal signatures in birds

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-258

  Derégnaucourt, Sébastien ^a   Saar, Sigal ^b   Gahr, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

birdsong; Japanese quail; learning; melatonin; motor control; pinealectomy; timing; vocalization; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FINCH; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LEARNING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PITCH; QUAIL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; FEMALE; FINCHES; LEARNING; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84866254719     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2012.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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