Neural correlates of nesting behavior in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 264, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-33

  Hall, Zachary J ^a   Bertin, Marion ^a   Bailey, Ida E ^a   Meddle, Simone L ^b   Healy, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior motor pathway; C fos; Nest building; Nesting behavior; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN REGION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REWARD; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANTERIOR MOTOR PATHWAY; C-FOS; NEST BUILDING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ZEBRA FINCH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896694636     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.043     Document Type: Article

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