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Efferent connections of the dorsomedial thalamic nuclei of the domestic chick (Gallus domesticus).

Montagnese CM, Mezey SE, Csillag A.SourceDepartment of Anatomy, Semmelweis University, Budapest 1094, Hungary.
The Journal of comparative neurology.J Comp Neurol.2003 May 5;459(3):301-26.
Small iontophoretic injections of the anterograde tracer Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin were placed in the thalamic anterior dorsomedial nucleus (DMA) of domestic chicks. The projections of the DMA covered the rostrobasal forebrain, ventral paleostriatum, nucleus accumbens, septal nuclei, Wulst,
PMID 12655512

Expression of estrogen receptor and aromatase mRNAs in embryonic and posthatch zebra finch brain.

Perlman WR, Arnold AP.SourceDepartment of Physiological Science, Interdepartmental Program for Neuroscience and Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology of the Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
Journal of neurobiology.J Neurobiol.2003 May;55(2):204-19.
Male zebra finches sing and females normally do not. This sexually dimorphic behavior is mediated by a sexually dimorphic series of interconnected nuclei that are larger and more developed in males. Estradiol administered to females as early as the day of hatching (P1) causes profound masculinizatio
PMID 12672018

Metabolic and neural activity in the song system nucleus robustus archistriatalis: effect of age and gender.

Adret P, Margoliash D.SourceDepartment of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. patrice@modeln.uchicago.edu
The Journal of comparative neurology.J Comp Neurol.2002 Dec 23;454(4):409-23.
The sexually dimorphic robust archistriatal nucleus (RA) represents the telencephalic output of the bird song system. Here, we document sex-dependent changes in both the metabolic and neuronal activity of RA during the sensory and sensorimotor phases of song learning. From posthatching day (PHD) 20-
PMID 12455006