Site-specific regulation of adult neurogenesis by dietary fatty acid content, vitamin E and flight exercise in European starlings

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 875-882

  Hall, Zachary J ^a,e   Bauchinger, Ulf ^b,c   Gerson, Alexander R ^a   Price, Edwin R ^a   Langlois, Lillie A ^c   Boyles, Michelle ^c   Pierce, Barbara ^d   Mcwilliams, Scott R ^c   Sherry, David F ^a   Macdougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Doublecortin; European starling; Flight exercise; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FLYING; FOOD COMPOSITION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARLING; TELENCEPHALON; TRAINING; UPREGULATION;

ADULT NEUROGENESIS; DOUBLECORTIN; EUROPEAN STARLING; FLIGHT EXERCISE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

ANIMALS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYSICAL EXERTION; STARLINGS; TELENCEPHALON; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 84896131266     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12456     Document Type: Article

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