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000009407 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/xw42n8612
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000009407 245__ $$aMolecular bases of excitability and sexual dimorphism in the zebra finch song system
000009407 260__ $$bOregon Health and Science University
000009407 269__ $$a2021
000009407 336__ $$aDissertation
000009407 502__ $$bPh.D.
000009407 520__ $$aVocal 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.
000009407 542__ $$fIn copyright - single owner
000009407 650__ $$aBrain$$015788
000009407 650__ $$aGenomics$$033016
000009407 650__ $$aFinches$$035808
000009407 650__ $$aTranscriptome$$039582
000009407 650__ $$aIon Channels$$021013
000009407 650__ $$aSex Differentiation$$025923
000009407 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine$$041369
000009407 692__ $$aDepartment of Behavioral Neuroscience$$041394
000009407 7001_ $$aFriedrich, Samantha R.
000009407 8564_ $$9b243d95a-afa4-4477-bda9-b489107eb89e$$s28246831$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9407/files/Friedrich.Samantha.2021.pdf
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000009407 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:9407$$pstudent-work
000009407 980__ $$aTheses and Dissertations