DSP-4, a noradrenergic neurotoxin, produces sex-specific effects on pairing and courtship behavior in zebra finches

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 252, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-175

  Vahaba, Daniel M ^a,b   Lacey, William H ^a   Tomaszycki, Michelle L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

DSP 4; Norepinephrine; Pairing; Song; Songbird; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO N (2 CHLOROETHYL) N ETHYLBENZYLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PAIRING BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGING; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

DSP-4; NOREPINEPHRINE; PAIRING; SONG; SONGBIRD; ZEBRA FINCH;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; BENZYLAMINES; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; PAIR BOND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84879706357     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.05.056     Document Type: Article

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