Development of brain and behavior in birds /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wade, Juli
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan and Claypool, [2012]
Series:	Colloquium digital library of life sciences. Colloquium series on the developing brain. # 3.
Subjects:	Birds > Behavior. Brain. Developmental neurophysiology. Sexual dimorphism (Animals) Birds. Neurophysiology. Sex Characteristics. aromatase estrogen galliform gene expression passerine sexual dimorphism songbird steroid hormone testosterone Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Song and song learning
2.1 Behavior
2.2 Structures controlling song learning and production in songbirds
2.3 Relationships between structure and function: sex differences in the song circuit
2.4 Mechanisms regulating sexual differentiation of the song system
2.4.1 Steroid hormones
2.4.2 Sex chromosome genes
2.5 Relationships between structure and function: adult plasticity in the song circuit
2.6 Structures controlling song learning and production in other orders of birds
3. Other social/reproductive behaviors
4. Conclusions and ideas for future directions
References
Author biography.