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ArticleThe Journal of comparative neurology2019

Molecular architecture of the zebra finch arcopallium.

Claudio V Mello, Taylor Kaser, Alexa A Buckner, Morgan Wirthlin, Peter V Lovell

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32 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Claudio V MelloDepartment of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU, Portland, Oregon.ORCID 0000-0002-9826-8421
Taylor KaserDepartment of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU, Portland, Oregon.
Alexa A BucknerDepartment of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU, Portland, Oregon.
Morgan WirthlinDepartment of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU, Portland, Oregon.
Peter V LovellDepartment of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU, Portland, Oregon.ORCID 0000-0002-6111-9131

Funding

A Gene Expression Brain Atlas of the Zebra Finch.R24GM092842 · NIGMS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI MELLO, CLAUDIO V · 2010 to 2013
$1.5M
Transition Support for ZEBrA, A Gene Expression Brain Atlas of the Zebra FinchR24GM120464 · NIGMS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI MELLO, CLAUDIO V · 2016 to 2018
$403k
NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM092842NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM120464
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The arcopallium, a key avian forebrain region, receives inputs from numerous brain areas and is a major source of descending sensory and motor projections. While there is evidence of arcopallial subdivisions, the internal organization or the arcopallium is not well understood. The arcopallium is also considered the avian homologue of mammalian deep cortical layers and/or amygdalar subdivisions, but one-to-one correspondences are controversial. Here we present a molecular characterization of the arcopallium in the zebra finch, a passerine songbird species and a major model organism for vocal learning studies. Based on in situ hybridization for arcopallial-expressed transcripts (AQP1, C1QL3, CBLN2, CNTN4, CYP19A1, ESR1/2, FEZF2, MGP, NECAB2, PCP4, PVALB, SCN3B, SCUBE1, ZBTB20, and others) in comparison with cytoarchitectonic features, we have defined 20 distinct regions that can be grouped into six major domains (anterior, posterior, dorsal, ventral, medial, and intermediate arcopallium, respectively; AA, AP, AD, AV, AM, and AI). The data also help to establish the arcopallium as primarily pallial, support a unique topography of the arcopallium in passerines, highlight similarities between the vocal robust nucleus of the arcopallium (RA) and AI, and provide insights into the similarities and differences of cortical and amygdalar regions between birds and mammals. We also propose the use of AMV (instead of nucleus taenia/TnA), AMD, AD, and AI as initial steps toward a universal arcopallial nomenclature. Besides clarifying the internal organization of the arcopallium, the data provide a coherent basis for further functional and comparative studies of this complex avian brain region.

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AnimalsFinchesNeural PathwaysProsencephalonamygdalaaviancortical layersin situ hybridizationmolecularly defined brain regionsoscine songbirdRRID: SCR_012988)taeniaZEBrA (www.zebrafinchatlas.org)

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