The genomics of memory and learning in songbirds

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-65

  Clayton, David F ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological embedding; Critical period; NCM; Song control nuclei; Zebra finch; ZENK

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DNA MICROARRAY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GENOMICS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SONGBIRD; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TELENCEPHALON; TELOMERE SHORTENING; VISUAL INFORMATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; GENOME; LEARNING; MEMORY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84884296342     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: 1545293X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-090711-163809     Document Type: Review

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