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ArticleeLife2018

miR-9 regulates basal ganglia-dependent developmental vocal learning and adult vocal performance in songbirds.

Zhimin Shi, Zoe Piccus, Xiaofang Zhang, Huidi Yang, Hannah Jarrell, Yan Ding, Zhaoqian Teng, Ofer Tchernichovski, XiaoChing Li

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Change of Spiny Neuron Structure in the Basal Ganglia Song Circuit and Its Regulation by miR-9 during Song Development.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  9. Differential Song Deficits after Lentivirus-Mediated Knockdown of FoxP1, FoxP2, or FoxP4 in Area X of Juvenile Zebra Finches.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhimin ShiNeuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.
Zoe PiccusNeuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.
Xiaofang ZhangNeuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.
Huidi YangNeuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.
Hannah JarrellNeuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.
Yan DingNeuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.
Zhaoqian TengNeuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.
Ofer TchernichovskiDepartment of Psychology, Hunter College, New York, United States.
XiaoChing LiNeuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7544-494X
Louisiana State University · USHunter College · US

Funding

Role of miRNAs in the development and function of a circuit for vocal learningR01MH105519 · NIMH · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI LI, XIAOCHING · 2015 to 2020
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH105519NIMH NIH HHS R01MH105519
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

miR-9 is an evolutionarily conserved miRNA that is abundantly expressed in Area X, a basal ganglia nucleus required for vocal learning in songbirds. Here, we report that overexpression of miR-9 in Area X of juvenile zebra finches impairs developmental vocal learning, resulting in a song with syllable omission, reduced similarity to the tutor song, and altered acoustic features. miR-9 overexpression in juveniles also leads to more variable song performance in adulthood, and abolishes social context-dependent modulation of song variability. We further show that these behavioral deficits are accompanied by downregulation of

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LearningSongbirdsVocalization, AnimalAnimalsBasal GangliaGene ExpressionMicroRNAsMicroRNAsbasal ganglia, Area XFOXP1, FOXP2, dopaminemiR-9neurosciencesongbird, zebra finchspeech and languagevocal learning

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PMID29345619
PMCPMC5800847
OpenAlexW2783104692

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