Singing under the influence: Examining the effects of nutrition and addiction on a learned vocal behavior

Peter V. Lovell; Christopher R. Olson; Claudio V. Mello

doi:10.1007/s12035-011-8169-1

Singing under the influence: Examining the effects of nutrition and addiction on a learned vocal behavior

Peter V. Lovell
, Christopher R. Olson
, Claudio V. Mello

Behavioral Neuroscience

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Abstract

The songbird model is widely established in a number of laboratories for the investigation of the neurobiology and development of vocal learning. While vocal learning is rare in the animal kingdom, it is a trait that songbirds share with humans. The neuroanatomical and physiological organization of the brain circuitry that controls learned vocalizations has been extensively characterized, particularly in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Recently, several powerful molecular and genomic tools have become available in this organism, making it an attractive choice for neurobiologists interested in the neural and genetic basis of a complex learned behavior. Here, we briefly review some of the main features of vocal learning and associated brain structures in zebra finches and comment on some examples that illustrate how themes related to nutrition and addiction can be explored using this model organism.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	175-184
Number of pages	10
Journal	Molecular Neurobiology
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-011-8169-1
State	Published - Oct 2011

Funding

This work was funded with grants from the NIH/NIDCD (R01DC002853 to C. V. M.) and NIH/NINDS (F32NS062609 to C. R. O.).

Funders	Funder number
Author National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health The Bev Hartig Huntington's Disease Foundation National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders R01DC012546 Xue Zhong Liu National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders R01DC012115 Xue Zhong Liu National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders R01DC014427 Ulrich Müller Peter G Barr-Gillespie National Institute on Deafnessand Other Communication Disorders R01DC005965 Ulrich Müller National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	R01DC002853
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	F32NS062609

Keywords

Alcohol
Auditory
Cannabinoids
Drug addiction
Gene expression
Nutrition
Retinoic acid
Reward
Songbird
Vitamin A

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neurology
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Neuroscience (miscellaneous)

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