TY - JOUR
T1 - Contact call-driven zenk mRNA expression in the brain of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
AU - Brauth, Steven E.
AU - Tang, Ye Zhong
AU - Liang, Wenru
AU - Roberts, Todd F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by NSF grant IBN 9816061 to SEB and in part by training grant MH-20048-0A1 from NIMH to TFR.
PY - 2003/9/10
Y1 - 2003/9/10
N2 - Contact call-driven zenk (zif268, egr1, NGF1A, Krox 24) mRNA expression was mapped with in situ hybridization histochemistry in a vocal learning parrot, the budgerigar (M. undulatus). Relative to controls, call stimulation induced high zenk mRNA expression in all auditory areas including those closely associated with the vocal system within the anterior forebrain (Brauth et al. (2001) J. Comp. Neurol. 432, 481; (2002) Learn. Memory 9, 76). Thus there is a high correspondence between the distributions of neurons exhibiting contact call-driven zenk protein and mRNA expression in budgerigars. Field L2a, an area reported previously to express only perinucleolar zenk protein localization (Brauth et al. (2002) Learn. Memory 9, 76) also showed zenk mRNA expression.
AB - Contact call-driven zenk (zif268, egr1, NGF1A, Krox 24) mRNA expression was mapped with in situ hybridization histochemistry in a vocal learning parrot, the budgerigar (M. undulatus). Relative to controls, call stimulation induced high zenk mRNA expression in all auditory areas including those closely associated with the vocal system within the anterior forebrain (Brauth et al. (2001) J. Comp. Neurol. 432, 481; (2002) Learn. Memory 9, 76). Thus there is a high correspondence between the distributions of neurons exhibiting contact call-driven zenk protein and mRNA expression in budgerigars. Field L2a, an area reported previously to express only perinucleolar zenk protein localization (Brauth et al. (2002) Learn. Memory 9, 76) also showed zenk mRNA expression.
KW - Auditory-vocal learning
KW - Brain evolution
KW - Egr1
KW - Parrots
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U2 - 10.1016/S0169-328X(03)00290-0
DO - 10.1016/S0169-328X(03)00290-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 14499486
AN - SCOPUS:0141448786
SN - 0169-328X
VL - 117
SP - 97
EP - 103
JO - Molecular Brain Research
JF - Molecular Brain Research
IS - 1
ER -