Neurogenetics of birdsong

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Scharff, Constance ^a   Adam, Iris ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CADHERIN; CADHERIN 7; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GONADOTROPIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ALLELE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APRAXIA; AROUSAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CNTNAP2 GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL VERBAL DYSPRAXIA; DNA SEQUENCE; FMR1 GENE; FOXP2 GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HABITAT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROGENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84872840068     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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