FoxP2 in songbirds

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-93

  Wohlgemuth, Sandra ^a   Adam, Iris ^a   Scharff, Constance ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

COGNITION; FOXP2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84904498697     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.06.009     Document Type: Review

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