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ArticleThe Journal of comparative neurology2021

Controlling for activity-dependent genes and behavioral states is critical for determining brain relationships within and across species.

Matthew T Biegler, Lindsey J Cantin, Danielle L Scarano, Erich D Jarvis

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Article in The Journal of comparative neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew T BieglerDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4331-9890
Lindsey J CantinLaboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9715-533X
Danielle L ScaranoDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0367-1531
Erich D JarvisDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8931-5049
Duke University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USRockefeller University · US

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genetic profile of vertebrate pallia has long driven debate on homology across distantly related clades. Based on an expression profile of the orphan nuclear receptor NR4A2 in mouse and chicken brains, Puelles et al. (The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2016, 524, 665-703) concluded that the avian lateral mesopallium is homologous to the mammalian claustrum, and the medial mesopallium homologous to the insula cortex. They argued that their findings contradict conclusions by Jarvis et al. (The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2013, 521, 3614-3665) and Chen et al. (The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2013, 521, 3666-3701) that the hyperpallium densocellare is instead a mesopallium cell population, and by Suzuki and Hirata (Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2014, 8, 783) that the avian mesopallium is homologous to mammalian cortical layers 2/3. Here, we find that NR4A2 is an activity-dependent gene and cannot be used to determine brain organization or species relationships without considering behavioral state. Activity-dependent NR4A2 expression has been previously demonstrated in the rodent brain, with the highest induction occurring within the claustrum, amygdala, deep and superficial cortical layers, and hippocampus. In the zebra finch, we find that NR4A2 is constitutively expressed in the arcopallium, but induced in parts of the mesopallium, and in sparse cells within the hyperpallium, depending on animal stimulus or behavioral state. Basal and induced NR4A2 expression patterns do not discount the previously named avian hyperpallium densocellare as dorsal mesopallium and conflict with proposed homology between the avian mesopallium and mammalian claustrum/insula at the exclusion of other brain regions. Broadly, these findings highlight the importance of controlling for behavioral state and neural activity to genetically define brain cell population relationships within and across species.

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AnimalsBrainBrain ChemistryChickensFinchesMaleMiceNuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2Species SpecificityVocalization, AnimalNr4a2 protein, mouseNuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2comparative anatomyimmediate-early genesneuroanatomynuclear receptor subfamily 4 group a member 2songbirds

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