Neurons sensitive to gonadal steroids are located strategically within neural circuits that
mediate behaviors broadly related to the reproductive process. Some neuronal events and …

Reviews the effect of steroid hormones on brain and pituitary function. Various steroid
hormones such as estrogen, androgen, progestin, and glucocorticoid are described …

We have traced central nervous pathways controlling bird son in the canary using a
combination of behavioral and anatomical techniques. Unilateral electrolytic brain lesions …

The avian lineage evolved from ancestral, oviparous amniotes that include reptiles and the
archosaurs (therapod dinosaurs and crocodilians). Oviparity represents the ancestral form of …

Two hours following intraperitoneal injection, estradiol‐H3 is concentrated by cells in a
system of limbic and hypothalamic structures. Preoptic‐hypothalamic nuclei containing …

A stereotaxic atlas of the telencephalon, diencephalon and mesencephalon of the canary,
Serinus canaria, was prepared for use in anatomical and behavioral experiments. Canaries …

Personality disorder can be conceived as the result of a disruption on the development of
self. This thoroughly updated edition of The Metaphor of Play examines how those who have …

This book is intended for use with undergraduates taking their first course in the area of
comparative psychology and animal behavior. It is written by a comparative psychologist …

Using the autoradiographic method in the zebra finch (Poephila guttata), areas of the brain
were identified which contain cells which accumulate testosterone or its metabolites after …

Seasonal changes in the brain of songbirds are one of the most dramatic examples of
naturally occuring neuroplasticity that have been described in any vertebrate species. In …