Gene expression in the brain of a migratory songbird during breeding and migration

Movement Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Boss, John ^a,b   Liedvogel, Miriam ^c,e   Lundberg, Max ^c   Olsson, Peter ^d   Reischke, Nils ^c   Naurin, Sara ^c   Åkesson, Susanne ^d   Hasselquist, Dennis ^c   Wright, Anthony ^a   Grahn, Mats ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Birds; Calcium transport; Gene expression; Microarray; Migration; Phylloscopus trochilus; Synapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020070286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40462-016-0069-6     Document Type: Article

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