Thyroid hormone determines the start of the sensitive period of imprinting and primes later learning

Filial imprinting in precocial birds is the process of forming a social attachment during a sensitive or critical period, restricted to the first few days after hatching. Imprinting is considered to be part of early learning to aid the survival of juveniles by securing maternal care. Here we show th...

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Autores principales: Yamaguchi, Shinji, Aoki, Naoya, Kitajima, Takaaki, Iikubo, Eiji, Katagiri, Sachiko, Matsushima, Toshiya, Homma, Koichi J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23011135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2088

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23011135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2088

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