Identification and analysis of vocal communication pathways in birds through inducible gene expression

The immediate-early gene zenk is an activity-dependent gene highly induced in auditory processing or vocal motor control brain areas when birds engage in hearing or producing song, respectively. Studies of the expression of zenk in songbirds and other avian groups will be reviewed here briefly, with...

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Main Author: Claudio V. Mello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2004-06-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652004000200008