Early seasonal development of brain song control nuclei in male blue tits.

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Published in Neurosci Lett on October 07, 2005

Authors

Samuel P Caro1, Marcel M Lambrechts, Jacques Balthazart

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Research Group in Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium.

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