Season- and context-dependent sex differences in melatonin receptor activity in a forebrain song control nucleus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 829-835

  Bentley, George E ^a   Perfito, Nicole ^a   Calisi, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area X; Melatonin; Song control system; Starling

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZENK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONG CONTROL NUCLEUS; STARLING; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STARLINGS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84878226620     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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