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Listen and learn
Published in eLife (07-06-2023)“…In songbirds, deafening leads to changes in gene expression which have now been mapped at the single-cell level across the neural circuit involved in song…”
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Functional identification of sensory mechanisms required for developmental song learning
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-05-2008)“…A young male zebra finch ( Taeniopygia guttata ) learns to sing by copying the vocalizations of an older tutor in a process that parallels human speech…”
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Experience selectively alters functional connectivity within a neural network to predict learned behavior in juvenile songbirds
Published in NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) (15-11-2020)“…One of the central questions of neuroethology is how specialized brain areas communicate to form dynamic networks that support complex cognitive and behavioral…”
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Inhibitory cell populations depend on age, sex, and prior experience across a neural network for Critical Period learning
Published in Scientific reports (27-12-2019)“…In many ways, the complement of cell subtypes determines the information processing that a local brain circuit can perform. For example, the balance of…”
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Widespread Capacity for Steroid Synthesis in the Avian Brain and Song System
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-12-2006)“…Steroids exert powerful effects on the brains and behavior of many species, but measures and manipulations of endocrine physiology in songbirds often reveal…”
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Integrating Genomes, Brain and Behavior in the Study of Songbirds
Published in Current biology (29-09-2009)“…Songbirds share some essential traits but are extraordinarily diverse, allowing comparative analyses aimed at identifying specific genotype–phenotype…”
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Shared neural substrates for song discrimination in parental and parasitic songbirds
Published in Neuroscience letters (27-05-2016)“…•The auditory forebrain is critical for conspecific song recognition in songbirds.•Unlike most songbirds, brood parasitic pin-tailed whydahs are raised by…”
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Social information embedded in vocalizations induces neurogenomic and behavioral responses
Published in PloS one (10-11-2014)“…Social cues facilitate relationships within communities. Zebra finches form long-term stable mate pairs and produce offspring within a multi-family,…”
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Steroidogenic enzymes along the ventricular proliferative zone in the developing songbird brain
Published in Journal of comparative neurology (1911) (01-06-2007)“…Neural development requires regulation and coordination of the differentiation, migration, and survival of newly divided cells, most of which derive from the…”
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Impact of experience-dependent and -independent factors on gene expression in songbird brain
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (16-10-2012)“…Songbirds provide rich natural models for studying the relationships between brain anatomy, behavior, environmental signals, and gene expression. Under the…”
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Gene manipulation to test links between genome, brain and behavior in developing songbirds: a test case
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-02-2020)“…Songbird research has made many seminal contributions to the fields of ethology, endocrinology, physiology, ecology, evolution and neurobiology. Genome…”
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RNA-seq transcriptome analysis of male and female zebra finch cell lines
Published in Genomics (San Diego, Calif.) (01-12-2012)“…The derivation of stably cultured cell lines has been critical to the advance of molecular biology. We profiled gene expression in the first two generally…”
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Developmental shifts in gene expression in the auditory forebrain during the sensitive period for song learning
Published in Developmental neurobiology (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-06-2009)“…A male zebra finch begins to learn to sing by memorizing a tutor's song during a sensitive period in juvenile development. Tutor song memorization requires…”
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Birdsong and the neural production of steroids
Published in Journal of chemical neuroanatomy (01-03-2010)“…The forebrain circuits involved in singing and audition (the ‘song system’) in songbirds exhibit a remarkable capacity to synthesize and respond to steroid…”
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The variability of song variability in zebra finch ( Taeniopygia guttata ) populations
Published in Royal Society open science (01-05-2019)“…Birdsong is a classic example of a learned social behaviour. Song behaviour is also influenced by genetic factors, and understanding the relative contributions…”
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Developmental song learning as a model to understand neural mechanisms that limit and promote the ability to learn
Published in Behavioural processes (01-06-2019)“…•Zebra finches can learn to sing during one developmental Critical Period (CP).•We know little about how a bird's ability to learn is regulated across the…”
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Bidirectional manipulation of mTOR signaling disrupts socially mediated vocal learning in juvenile songbirds
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-08-2017)“…Early life experiences can have long-lasting behavioral consequences because they are encoded when the brain is most malleable. The mechanistic target of…”
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The zebra finch neuropeptidome: prediction, detection and expression
Published in BMC biology (01-04-2010)“…Among songbirds, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is an excellent model system for investigating the neural mechanisms underlying complex behaviours such…”
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Genomic and neural analysis of the estradiol-synthetic pathway in the zebra finch
Published in BMC neuroscience (01-04-2010)“…Steroids are small molecule hormones derived from cholesterol. Steroids affect many tissues, including the brain. In the zebra finch, estrogenic steroids are…”
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Brain transcriptome sequencing and assembly of three songbird model systems for the study of social behavior
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (22-05-2014)“…Emberizid sparrows (emberizidae) have played a prominent role in the study of avian vocal communication and social behavior. We present here brain…”
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