Influence of testosterone metabolites on song-control system neuroplasticity during photostimulation in adult European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

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Published in PLoS One on July 06, 2012

Authors

Zachary J Hall1, Scott A Macdougall-Shackleton

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Advanced Facility for Avian Research, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. zjh2@st-andrews.ac.uk

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