Singing-driven gene expression in the developing songbird brain
| Autor: | Frank Johnson, Osceola Whitney |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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animal structures
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Context (language use) Article Immediate early protein Immediate-Early Proteins Songbirds Behavioral Neuroscience Sex Factors Animals Learning Zebra finch biology Perspective (graphical) Age Factors Brain Gene Expression Regulation Developmental biology.organism_classification Canto Songbird nervous system behavior and behavior mechanisms Vocalization Animal Singing Neuroscience psychological phenomena and processes Taeniopygia |
| Zdroj: | Physiology & Behavior. 86:390-398 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9384 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.08.009 |
| Popis: | Neural and behavioral development arises from an integration of genetic and environmental influences, yet specifying the nature of this interaction remains a primary problem in neuroscience. Here, we review molecular and behavioral studies that focus on the role of singing-driven gene expression during neural and vocal development in the male zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), a songbird that learns a species-typical vocal pattern during juvenile development by imitating an adult male tutor. A primary aim of our lab has been to identify naturally-occurring environmental influences that shape the propensity to sing. This ethological approach underlies our theoretical perspective, which is to integrate the significance of singing-driven gene expression into a broader ecological context. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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