Evaluating the predictive value of doublecortin as a marker for adult neurogenesis in canaries (Serinus canaria)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1299-1315

  Vellema, Michiel ^a,b   Hertel, Moritz ^a   Urbanus, Susan L ^c   Van der Linden, Annemie ^b   Gahr, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; DCX; Neuron recruitment; Season; Songbird; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CANARY; CELL LABELING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BRAIN PLASTICITY; DCX; NEURON RECRUITMENT; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CANARIES; CHOLERA TOXIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE;

EID: 84896046762     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23476     Document Type: Article

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