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Phylogeny and mechanisms of shared hierarchical patterns in birdsong by James, Logan S., Mori, Chihiro, Wada, Kazuhiro, Sakata, Jon T.

“…Organizational patterns can be shared across biological systems, and revealing the factors shaping common patterns can provide insight into fundamental…”
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Statistical learning for vocal sequence acquisition in a songbird by James, Logan S., Sun, Herie, Wada, Kazuhiro, Sakata, Jon T.

“…Birdsong is a learned communicative behavior that consists of discrete acoustic elements (“syllables”) that are sequenced in a controlled manner. While the…”
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Dopamine receptors in a songbird brain by Kubikova, Lubica, Wada, Kazuhiro, Jarvis, Erich D.

“…Dopamine is a key neuromodulatory transmitter in the brain. It acts through dopamine receptors to affect changes in neural activity, gene expression, and…”
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in a songbird brain by Asogwa, Norman Chinweike, Toji, Noriyuki, He, Ziwei, Shao, Chengru, Shibata, Yukino, Tatsumoto, Shoji, Ishikawa, Hiroe, Go, Yasuhiro, Wada, Kazuhiro

“…Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand‐gated ion channels that mediate fast synaptic transmission and cell signaling, which contribute to…”
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Vocal practice regulates singing activity-dependent genes underlying age-independent vocal learning in songbirds by Hayase, Shin, Wang, Hongdi, Ohgushi, Eri, Kobayashi, Masahiko, Mori, Chihiro, Horita, Haruhito, Mineta, Katsuhiko, Liu, Wan-Chun, Wada, Kazuhiro

“…The development of highly complex vocal skill, like human language and bird songs, is underlain by learning. Vocal learning, even when occurring in adulthood,…”
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Global view of the functional molecular organization of the avian cerebrum: Mirror images and functional columns by Jarvis, Erich D., Yu, Jing, Rivas, Miriam V., Horita, Haruhito, Feenders, Gesa, Whitney, Osceola, Jarvis, Syrus C., Jarvis, Electra R., Kubikova, Lubica, Puck, Ana E.P., Siang-Bakshi, Connie, Martin, Suzanne, McElroy, Michael, Hara, Erina, Howard, Jason, Pfenning, Andreas, Mouritsen, Henrik, Chen, Chun-Chun, Wada, Kazuhiro

“…ABSTRACT Based on quantitative cluster analyses of 52 constitutively expressed or behaviorally regulated genes in 23 brain regions, we present a global view of…”
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Dosage compensation of Z sex chromosome genes in avian fibroblast cells by Deviatiiarov, Ruslan, Nagai, Hiroki, Ismagulov, Galym, Stupina, Anastasia, Wada, Kazuhiro, Ide, Shinji, Toji, Noriyuki, Zhang, Heng, Sukparangsi, Woranop, Intarapat, Sittipon, Gusev, Oleg, Sheng, Guojun

“…Abstract In birds, sex is genetically determined; however, the molecular mechanism is not well-understood. The avian Z sex chromosome (chrZ) lacks whole…”
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Rudimentary substrates for vocal learning in a suboscine by Liu, Wan-chun, Wada, Kazuhiro, Jarvis, Erich D., Nottebohm, Fernando

“…Vocal learning has evolved in only a few groups of mammals and birds. The key neuroanatomical and behavioural links bridging vocal learners and non-learners…”
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Transcriptional regulatory divergence underpinning species-specific learned vocalization in songbirds by Wang, Hongdi, Sawai, Azusa, Toji, Noriyuki, Sugioka, Rintaro, Shibata, Yukino, Suzuki, Yuika, Ji, Yu, Hayase, Shin, Akama, Satoru, Sese, Jun, Wada, Kazuhiro

“…Learning of most motor skills is constrained in a species-specific manner. However, the proximate mechanisms underlying species-specific learned behaviors…”
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Manipulations of sensory experiences during development reveal mechanisms underlying vocal learning biases in zebra finches by James, Logan S., Davies, Ronald, Mori, Chihiro, Wada, Kazuhiro, Sakata, Jon T.

“…Biological predispositions in learning can bias and constrain the cultural evolution of social and communicative behaviors (e.g., speech and birdsong), and…”
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Molecular mapping of movement-associated areas in the avian brain: a motor theory for vocal learning origin by Feenders, Gesa, Liedvogel, Miriam, Rivas, Miriam, Zapka, Manuela, Horita, Haruhito, Hara, Erina, Wada, Kazuhiro, Mouritsen, Henrik, Jarvis, Erich D

“…Vocal learning is a critical behavioral substrate for spoken human language. It is a rare trait found in three distantly related groups of birds-songbirds,…”
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Auditory-Motor Matching in Vocal Recognition and Imitative Learning by Tramacere, Antonella, Wada, Kazuhiro, Okanoya, Kazuo, Iriki, Atsushi, Ferrari, Pier F.

“…Songbirds possess mirror neurons (MNs) activating during the perception and execution of specific features of songs. These neurons are located in high vocal…”
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Inter‐ and intra‐specific differences in muscarinic acetylcholine receptor expression in the neural pathways for vocal learning in songbirds by Asogwa, Norman C., Mori, Chihiro, Sánchez‐Valpuesta, Miguel, Hayase, Shin, Wada, Kazuhiro

“…Acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) abound in the central nervous system of vertebrates. Muscarinic AChRs (mAChRs), a functional subclass of AChRs, mediate…”
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Transient sensorimotor projections in the developmental song learning period by Louder, Matthew I.M., Kuroda, Masafumi, Taniguchi, Daisuke, Komorowska-Müller, Joanna Agnieszka, Morohashi, Yuichi, Takahashi, Megumu, Sánchez-Valpuesta, Miguel, Wada, Kazuhiro, Okada, Yasushi, Hioki, Hiroyuki, Yazaki-Sugiyama, Yoko

“…Memory recall and guidance are essential for motor skill acquisition. Like humans learning to speak, male zebra finches learn to sing by first memorizing and…”
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Familial bias and auditory feedback regulation of vocal babbling patterns during early song development by Sato, Daisuke, Mori, Chihiro, Sawai, Azusa, Wada, Kazuhiro

“…Learned vocalizations are a crucial acoustic biosignal conveying individual traits in many species. Songbirds learn song patterns by listening to a tutor song…”
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Sex Differences in Brain Thyroid Hormone Levels during Early Post-Hatching Development in Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) by Yamaguchi, Shinji, Hayase, Shin, Aoki, Naoya, Takehara, Akihiko, Ishigohoka, Jun, Matsushima, Toshiya, Wada, Kazuhiro, Homma, Koichi J

“…Thyroid hormones are closely linked to the hatching process in precocial birds. Previously, we showed that thyroid hormones in brain had a strong impact on…”
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Seasonal regulation of singing-driven gene expression associated with song plasticity in the canary, an open-ended vocal learner by Hayase, Shin, Shao, Chengru, Kobayashi, Masahiko, Mori, Chihiro, Liu, Wan-Chun, Wada, Kazuhiro

“…Songbirds are one of the few animal taxa that possess vocal learning abilities. Different species of songbirds exhibit species-specific learning programs…”
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Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei by Reiner, Anton, Perkel, David J., Bruce, Laura L., Butler, Ann B., Csillag, András, Kuenzel, Wayne, Medina, Loreta, Paxinos, George, Shimizu, Toru, Striedter, Georg, Wild, Martin, Ball, Gregory F., Durand, Sarah, Gütürkün, Onur, Lee, Diane W., Mello, Claudio V., Powers, Alice, White, Stephanie A., Hough, Gerald, Kubikova, Lubica, Smulders, Tom V., Wada, Kazuhiro, Dugas‐Ford, Jennifer, Husband, Scott, Yamamoto, Keiko, Yu, Jing, Siang, Connie, Jarvis, Erich D.

“…The standard nomenclature that has been used for many telencephalic and related brainstem structures in birds is based on flawed assumptions of homology to…”
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Specialized motor-driven dusp1 expression in the song systems of multiple lineages of vocal learning birds by Horita, Haruhito, Kobayashi, Masahiko, Liu, Wan-Chun, Oka, Kotaro, Jarvis, Erich D, Wada, Kazuhiro

“…Mechanisms for the evolution of convergent behavioral traits are largely unknown. Vocal learning is one such trait that evolved multiple times and is necessary…”
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Early onset of deafening-induced song deterioration and differential requirements of the pallial-basal ganglia vocal pathway by Horita, Haruhito, Wada, Kazuhiro, Jarvis, Erich D.

“…Similar to humans, songbirds rely on auditory feedback to maintain the acoustic and sequence structure of adult learned vocalizations. When songbirds are…”
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