ReviewCold Spring Harbor protocols2014
The zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata: an avian model for investigating the neurobiological basis of vocal learning.
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- Assessing the Role of Vocal Plasticity in Sociospatial Coordination.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Mapping functional connectivity in the pigeon brain with wide-field optical imaging.Neurophotonics · 2026Article
- Description of the Seminiferous Epithelium Cycle Stages in the Zebra FinchAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- The complete genome of a songbird.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- A Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Protocol for Sex Identification of Zebra Finch and Chicken Using Blood Samples.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Keratan Sulfate Is a Multifunctional Brain Glycosaminoglycan With Instructive Capabilities.Journal of neurochemistry · 2025Review
- Prenatal Valproic Acid Exposure Affects Song Learning in Zebra Finches: A Potential Model for Vocal Development in Autism.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- An affordable solution for investigating zebra finch intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) signals.PloS one · 2025Article
- TrAnnoScope: A Modular Snakemake Pipeline for Full-Length Transcriptome Analysis and Functional Annotation.Genes · 2024Article
- Genomic loss of GPR108 disrupts AAV transduction in birds.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Social reinforcement guides operant behaviour and auditory learning in a songbird.Animal behaviour · 2024Article
- Bats possess the anatomical substrate for a laryngeal motor cortex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Generation and characterization of genome-modified chondrocyte-like cells from the zebra finch cell line immortalized by c-MYC expression.Frontiers in zoology · 2022Article
- Adding colour-realistic video images to audio playbacks increases stimulus engagement but does not enhance vocal learning in zebra finches.Animal cognition · 2022Article
- Induction of an immortalized songbird cell line allows for gene characterization and knockout by CRISPR-Cas9.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- A Model of Discovery: The Role of Imaging Established and Emerging Non-mammalian Models in Neuroscience.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022Review
- The Role of the Endogenous Opioid System in the Vocal Behavior of Songbirds and Its Possible Role in Vocal Learning.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Efficient gene transfer into zebra finch germline-competent stem cells using an adenoviral vector system.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Highly Efficient Genome Modification of Cultured Primordial Germ Cells with Lentiviral Vectors to Generate Transgenic Songbirds.Stem cell reports · 2021Article
- Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Revealed the Heterogeneity of Gonadal Primordial Germ Cells in Zebra Finch (Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Songbirds are capable of learning their vocalizations by copying a singing adult. This vocal learning ability requires juveniles to hear and memorize the sound of the adult song, and later to imitate it through a process involving sensorimotor integration. Vocal learning is a trait that songbirds share with humans, where it forms the basis of spoken language acquisition, with other avian groups (parrots and hummingbirds), and with a few other mammals (cetaceans, bats). It is however absent in traditional model organisms such as rodents and nonhuman primates. Zebra finches, a songbird species from Australia, are popular pets and are easy to breed. They also sing a relatively simple and stereotyped song that is amenable to quantitative analysis. Zebra finches have thus emerged as a choice model organism for investigating the neurobiological basis of vocal learning. A number of tools and methodologies have been developed to characterize the bioacoustics properties of their song, analyze the degree of accurate copying during vocal learning, map the brain circuits that control singing and song learning, and investigate the physiology of these circuits. Such studies have led to a large base of knowledge on song production and learning, and their underlying neural substrate. Several molecular resources have recently become available, including brain cDNA/EST databases, microarrays, BAC libraries, a molecular brain atlas, a complete genome assembly, and the ability to perform transgenesis. The recent availability of many other avian genomes provides unique opportunities for comparative analysis in the search for features unique to vocal learning organisms.
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