Comparative gene expression analysis among vocal learners (Bengalese finch and budgerigar) and non-learners (quail and ring dove) reveals variable cadherin expressions in the vocal system

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue APRIL, 2011, Pages

  Matsunaga, Eiji ^a   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Evolution; Gene expression; Parrot; Quail; Ring dove; Songbird; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CAD6B; PROTEIN CAD7; PROTEIN RCAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BASAL GANGLION; BENGALESE FINCH; BIRD; BUDGERIGAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUAIL; RING DOVE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 83655199259     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00028     Document Type: Article

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