Behavior-linked foxP2 regulation enables zebra finch vocal learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2885-2894

  Heston, Jonathan B ^a   White, Stephanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Birdsong; Forkhead; Language; Procedural learning; Speech

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; UPREGULATION; VOCALIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DEPENDOPARVOVIRUS; FINCH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; IMITATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DEPENDOVIRUS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FINCHES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84922985404     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3715-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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