Young and intense: FoxP2 immunoreactivity in Area X varies with age, song stereotypy, and singing in male zebra finches

FOXP2 is a transcription factor functionally relevant for learned vocalizations in humans and songbirds. In songbirds, FoxP2 mRNA expression in the medium spiny neurons of the basal ganglia song nucleus Area X is developmentally regulated and varies with singing conditions in different social contex...

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Main Authors: Christopher Kirk Thompson, Fabian eSchwabe, Alexander eSchoof, Ezequiel eMendoza, Jutta eGampe, Christelle eRochefort, Constance eScharff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2013.00024/full