Core and shell song systems unique to the parrot brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Chakraborty, Mukta ^a   Walløe, Solveig ^a   Nedergaard, Signe ^a   Fridel, Emma E ^a   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a   Pakkenberg, Bente ^a   Bertelsen, Mads F ^a   Dorrestein, Gerry M ^a   Brauth, Steven E ^a   Durand, Sarah E ^a   Jarvis, Erich D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN C FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BUDGERIGAR; CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE ANTERIOR ARCOPALLIUM; CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE LATERAL NIDOPALLIUM; CONNECTOME; CORE SONG SYSTEM; EGR1 GENE; FOXP1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NR2A GENE; PARROT; PVALB GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SHELL SONG SYSTEM; SLIT1 GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMAN; LEARNING; MUSIC; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; PSITTACIDAE; TROCHILIDAE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MUSIC; NEW ZEALAND; PARROTS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84939183667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118496     Document Type: Article

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