Aromatase inhibition rapidly affects in a reversible manner distinct features of birdsong.

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Published in Sci Rep on August 30, 2016

Authors

Beau A Alward1, Catherine de Bournonville2, Trevor T Chan1, Jacques Balthazart2, Charlotte A Cornil2, Gregory F Ball1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
2: GIGA Neuroscience, University of Liege, Avenue Hippocrate, 15, 4000 Liege, Belgium, USA.

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