Expression of androgen receptor in the brain of a sub-oscine bird with an elaborate courtship display

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 578, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-65

  Fusani, Leonida ^a   Donaldson, Zoe ^b   London, Sarah E ^c   Fuxjager, Matthew J ^d   Schlinger, Barney A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Division of Integrative Neuroscience Department of Psychiatry Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Avian; Bird; Courtship; Estrogen receptor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BRAIN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; AVIAN PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA PROBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SONGBIRD; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BRAIN; COURTSHIP; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84903832298     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.06.028     Document Type: Article

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