White House funds songbird study to unlock mystery of vocal learning
A young songbird sings an intricate melody from its caged perch, trying to echo the mating song heard so many times from his father.
Mar 14, 2017
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A young songbird sings an intricate melody from its caged perch, trying to echo the mating song heard so many times from his father.
Mar 14, 2017
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with Harvard University and the Simons Foundation has found that using techniques to acutely disable brain parts of rats and zebra finches can lead to different behavioral results ...
New research published by the Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has shown the effectiveness of chemogenetic inhibition used to suppress ...
Jan 26, 2015
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A study led by Xiaoching Li, PhD, at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence, has shown for the first time how two tiny molecules regulate a gene implicated in speech and language impairments ...
Oct 17, 2013
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By studying how birds master songs used in courtship, scientists at Duke University have found that regions of the brain involved in planning and controlling complex vocal sequences may also be necessary for memorizing sounds ...
Sep 17, 2012
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