Behavioral discrimination of sexually dimorphic calls by male zebra finches requires an intact vocal motor pathway

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Vicario ◽  
Nasir H. Naqvi ◽  
Jonathan N. Raksin
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Motor Pathway ◽  
Behavioral Discrimination

scholarly journals Sexually dimorphic SCAMP1 expression in the forebrain motor pathway for song production of juvenile zebra finches

2007 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 474-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Ping Tang ◽  
Camilla Peabody ◽  
Michelle L. Tomaszycki ◽  
Juli Wade
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Motor Pathway ◽  
Song Production

Projection neurons within a vocal motor pathway are born during song learning in zebra finches

Nature ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 334 (6178) ◽  
pp. 149-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy W. Nordeen ◽  
Ernest J. Nordeen
Keyword(s):  
Song Learning ◽  
Projection Neurons ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Motor Pathway

Differential responsiveness in brain and behavior to sexually dimorphic long calls in male and female zebra finches

2009 ◽  
Vol 516 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon M.H. Gobes ◽  
Sita M. ter Haar ◽  
Clémentine Vignal ◽  
Amélie L. Vergne ◽  
Nicolas Mathevon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Brain And Behavior ◽  
Differential Responsiveness ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Long Calls

Homogeneity of intrinsic properties of sexually dimorphic vocal motoneurons in male and female zebra finches

2007 ◽  
Vol 502 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd F. Roberts ◽  
J. Martin Wild ◽  
M. Fabiana Kubke ◽  
Richard Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Intrinsic Properties ◽  
Male And Female

scholarly journals Neural Circuits Underlying Nest Building in Male Zebra Finches

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 943-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie C Edwards ◽  
Zachary J Hall ◽  
Eira Ihalainen ◽  
Valerie R Bishop ◽  
Elisa T Nicklas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Nest Building ◽  
Lateral Septum ◽  
Early Gene ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Nest Material ◽  
Motor Pathway ◽  
Nest Box ◽  
The Social ◽  
Behavior Network

Abstract Nest building consists of a series of motor actions, which are concomitant with activity in regions of the anterior motor pathway, the social behavior network, and the reward circuity in nest building adult male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). It is not clear, however, whether this activity is due to nest building, collection, and/or manipulation of nest material. To identify which areas of the brain are specifically involved, we used immunohistochemistry to quantify the immediate early gene c-Fos in male zebra finches that were nest building (Building), birds given a nest box but could interact only with tied down nest material (Fixed), and birds that were not given a nest box or nest material (Control). We investigated the following brain regions: the anterior motor pathway (anterior ventral mesopallium [AMV], AN, anterior striatum [ASt]), areas of the social behavior network (bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, dorsomedial subdivision [BSTmd], lateral septum [LS]), the dopaminergic reward circuitry (ventral tegmental area), and the cerebellum. We found that there was greater Fos immunoreactivity expression in the BSTmd, LS, and AMV with increased material deposition; in LS, AMV ASt, and Folium VI with increased material carrying; in LS, AMV, and ASt with increased nest material tucking; and in LS and all folia (except Folium VIII) with increased tugging at tied down material. These data confirm a functional role for areas of the anterior motor pathway, social behavior network, and the cerebellum in nest material collection and manipulation by birds.

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