ReviewThe European journal of neuroscience2011
Birds as a model to study adult neurogenesis: bridging evolutionary, comparative and neuroethological approaches.
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- Effects of psychedelics on neurogenesis and broader neuroplasticity: a systematic review.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Pooled it
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- Homologous cell type markers highlight subdivisions of the domestic chick hippocampal formation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Adult Striatal Neurogenesis-A Comparative Approach Between Pigeons, Mice, Macaques, and Human.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2025Article
- Postnatal plasticity in the olfactory system of the juvenile swine brain.Brain structure & function · 2025Article
- Tit wit: environmental and genetic drivers of cognitive variation along an urbanization gradient.Animal cognition · 2025Article
- Living on the edge: the evolution of spatial cognition in food-caching chickadees.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Seasonal patterns of neurogenesis in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are region- and sex-specific.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Short-term dietary changes are reflected in the cerebral content of adult ring-billed gulls.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Gene regulation and speciation in a migratory divide between songbirds.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Proteomic-based evidence for adult neurogenesis in birds and mammals as indicated from cerebrospinal fluid.Neural regeneration research · 2022Review
- Understanding hippocampal neural plasticity in captivity: Unique contributions of spatial specialists.Learning & behavior · 2022Review
- Age-related reduction of hemispheric asymmetry by pigeons: A behavioral and FDG-PET imaging investigation of visual discrimination.Learning & behavior · 2022Article
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- Regional Patterning of Adult Neurogenesis in the Homing Pigeon's Brain.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Behavioral Training Related Neurotransmitter Receptor Expression Dynamics in the Nidopallium Caudolaterale and the Hippocampal Formation of Pigeons.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- GSK-3β Inhibition in Birds Affects Social Behavior and Increases Motor Activity.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Positive Controls in Adults and Children Support That Very Few, If Any, New Neurons Are Born in the Adult Human Hippocampus.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021Review
- Comparison of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid proteomes identifies gene products guiding adult neurogenesis and neural differentiation in birds.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Unilateral vocal nerve resection alters neurogenesis in the avian song system in a region-specific manner.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
During the last few decades, evidence has demonstrated that adult neurogenesis is a well-preserved feature throughout the animal kingdom. In birds, ongoing neuronal addition occurs rather broadly, to a number of brain regions. This review describes adult avian neurogenesis and neuronal recruitment, discusses factors that regulate these processes, and touches upon the question of their genetic control. Several attributes make birds an extremely advantageous model to study neurogenesis. First, song learning exhibits seasonal variation that is associated with seasonal variation in neuronal turnover in some song control brain nuclei, which seems to be regulated via adult neurogenesis. Second, food-caching birds naturally use memory-dependent behavior in learning the locations of thousands of food caches scattered over their home ranges. In comparison with other birds, food-caching species have relatively enlarged hippocampi with more neurons and intense neurogenesis, which appears to be related to spatial learning. Finally, migratory behavior and naturally occurring social systems in birds also provide opportunities to investigate neurogenesis. This diversity of naturally occurring memory-based behaviors, combined with the fact that birds can be studied both in the wild and in the laboratory, make them ideal for investigation of neural processes underlying learning. This can be done by using various approaches, from evolutionary and comparative to neuroethological and molecular. Finally, we connect the avian arena to a broader view by providing a brief comparative and evolutionary overview of adult neurogenesis and by discussing the possible functional role of the new neurons. We conclude by indicating future directions and possible medical applications.
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