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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2018

Timing of perineuronal net development in the zebra finch song control system correlates with developmental song learning.

Gilles Cornez, Elisabeth Jonckers, Sita M Ter Haar, Annemie Van der Linden, Charlotte A Cornil, Jacques Balthazart

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gilles CornezGIGA Neuroscience, University of Liege, Liege 4000, Belgium.
Elisabeth JonckersBio-imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium.
Sita M Ter HaarGIGA Neuroscience, University of Liege, Liege 4000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7408-8864
Annemie Van der LindenBio-imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium.
Charlotte A CornilGIGA Neuroscience, University of Liege, Liege 4000, Belgium.
Jacques BalthazartGIGA Neuroscience, University of Liege, Liege 4000, Belgium jbalthazart@ulg.ac.be.ORCID 0000-0001-9492-2126
University of Liège · BEUniversity of Antwerp · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The appearance of perineuronal nets (PNNs) represents one of the mechanisms that contribute to the closing of sensitive periods for neural plasticity. This relationship has mostly been studied in the ocular dominance model in rodents. Previous studies also indicated that PNN might control neural plasticity in the song control system of songbirds. To further elucidate this relationship, we quantified PNN expression and their localization around parvalbumin interneurons at key time-points during ontogeny in both male and female zebra finches, and correlated these data with the well-described development of song in this species. We also extended these analyses to the auditory system. The development of PNN during ontogeny correlated with song crystallization although the timing of PNN appearance in the four main telencephalic song control nuclei slightly varied between nuclei in agreement with the established role these nuclei play during song learning. Our data also indicate that very few PNN develop in the secondary auditory forebrain areas even in adult birds, which may allow constant adaptation to a changing acoustic environment by allowing synaptic reorganization during adulthood.

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Neuronal PlasticityAnimalsFemaleFinchesLearningMaleNerve NetSongbirdsVocalization, Animalontogenesisparvalbuminperineuronal netssensitive periodsong systemvocal learning

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PMID30051835
PMCPMC6083260
OpenAlexW2884880931

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