Social suppression of song is associated with a reduction in volume of a song-control nucleus in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

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Published in Behav Neurosci on February 01, 2005

Authors

Jennifer J Sartor1, Gregory F Ball

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, US. jsartor@jhu.edu

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