Plasticity of the avian song control system in response to localized environmental cues in an equatorial songbird

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 10182-10185

  Moore, Ignacio T ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Gonad; Reproduction; Song; Telencephalon; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOWL; GONAD; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; TROPICS; VOCAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ECUADOR; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPARROWS; TESTIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 8544250604     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3475-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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