Brain estrogen signaling effects acute modulation of acoustic communication behaviors: A working hypothesis

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1009-1016

  Remage Healey, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cortex; Estrogen; Non genomic; Signaling

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIRD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEARING; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIRDS; BRAIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VERTEBRATES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869115938     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200081     Document Type: Article

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