Neural and hormonal control of birdsong

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 897-942

  Schlinger, B A ^a   Brenowitz, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Birdsong; Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Estrogen; Fadrozole; Flutamide; Gonadotropin inhibiting hormone (GnIH); Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis (HPG axis); Neurogenesis; Neurosteroidogenesis; NMDA receptors; Passerine; Song control system; Songbird; Steroid; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884765415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008088783-8.00026-7     Document Type: Chapter

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