The song control nuclei of songsize of several song nuclei, regardless of photoperiod. birds undergo pronounced seasonal changes in size Photoperiod exerted small but significant steroid-inand neuronal attributes. The mechanisms by which dependent effects on the volume of the higher vocal seasonal c
Estrogen contributes to seasonal plasticity of the adult avian song control system
โ Scribed by Soma, Kiran K. ;Tramontin, Anthony D. ;Featherstone, Joy ;Brenowitz, Eliot A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3034
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