Neuroanatomical Distribution of Aromatase in Birds: Cellular and Subcellular Analyses

Brain Aromatase, Estrogens, and Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Saldanha, Colin J ^a   Remage Healey, Luke ^b   Schlinger, Barney A ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatization; Birdsong; Electron microscopy; Microdialysis; Neurosteroid; Presynaptic; Steroidogenesis; Synaptocrine; Synaptosomal; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920465425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199841196.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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