@article{ETD,
      school = {Ph.D.},
      author = {Friedrich, Samantha R.},
      url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9407},
      title = {Molecular bases of excitability and sexual dimorphism in  the zebra finch song system},
      publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University},
      abstract = {Vocal learning is the ability to learn vocalizations  through imitation, and is a rare trait shared by only a few  lineages of mammals and three groups of birds. Songbirds  more than any other animal model have been indispensable in  elucidating the behavioral and neural mechanisms of vocal  learning, and they share many key features with human  speech cir-cuitry and development. The most highly studied  songbird species is the zebra finch (Tae-niopygia guttata),  whose song circuitry has been investigated through the many  disciplines of genomics, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology,  neuroendocinology, behavior, learning, and more. The brain  circuitry that drives song learning and production, called  the song system, is highly specialized functionally and  molecularly, and strikingly sexually dimorphic. This  dissertation aims to deepen our understanding of vocal  learning and sexual disserentiation in the brain through  the detailed molecular lens of transcriptomics.},
      number = {ETD},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/xw42n8612},
      recid = {9407},
      address = {2021},
}