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Function of vocal-auditory mirror neuron for vocal learning in songbirds

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H02520
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 46010:Neuroscience-general-related
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Wada Kazuhiro  北海道大学, 理学研究院, 准教授 (70451408)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Keywords発声学習 / ソングバード / 大脳基底核 / アデノ随伴ウイルス / 時系列制御 / 学習臨界期 / ミラーニューロン / 鳴禽類ソングバード / AAV / 運動制御 / 投射ニューロン / 音声コミュニケーション / 発声パターン
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We leveraged the zebra finch, a songbird, as an animal model to explore the function of the connectivity between cortex-like (HVC) and basal ganglia (area X), connected by HVC(X) projection neurons with temporally precise firing during singing. By specifically ablating HVC(X) neurons, juvenile zebra finches failed to copy tutored syllable acoustics and developed temporally unstable songs with less sequence consistency. In contrast, HVC(X)-ablated adults did not alter their learned song structure, but generated acoustic fluctuations and responded to auditory feedback disruption by the introduction of song deterioration, as did normal adults. These results indicate that the corticobasal ganglia input is important for learning the acoustic and temporal aspects of song structure, but not for generating vocal fluctuations that contribute to the maintenance of an already learned vocal pattern.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

発声学習は、ヒトの言語や楽器、スポーツの習得と同様、感覚や知覚入力と運動機能出力の協調による「感覚運動学習」の一つの学習形態である。ソングバードの歌学習と同様に,言語や楽器、スポーツなどの習得にも今回注目した大脳皮質-基底核-視床ループ神経回路や大脳皮質-基底核投射神経細胞が重要な役割を担っていることが推測されている。さらに、パーキンソン病などの運動制御疾患がこれらの神経回路異常と関係していることが明らかになってきている。ソングバード脳内の神経回路を構成する細胞群に注目することで、他の動物モデルでは研究することが難しい発声学習や感覚運動学習の学習臨界期の研究を進めることができると考えている。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (5 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 9 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] McGill University(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Korea Brain Research Institute(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] McGill University(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] King Abdullah University(サウジアラビア)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Colgate University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Identification of novel avian and mammalian deltaviruses provides new insights into deltavirus evolution2021

    • Author(s)
      Iwamoto Masashi、Shibata Yukino、Kawasaki Junna、Kojima Shohei、Li Yung-Tsung、Iwami Shingo、Muramatsu Masamichi、Wu Hui-Lin、Wada Kazuhiro、Tomonaga Keizo、Watashi Koichi、Horie Masayuki
    • Journal Title

      Virus Evolution

      Volume: 7 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1093/ve/veab003

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Statistical learning for vocal sequence acquisition in a songbird2020

    • Author(s)
      James Logan S.、Sun Herie、Wada Kazuhiro、Sakata Jon T.
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 2248-2248

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-020-58983-8

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report 2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Manipulations of sensory experiences during development reveal mechanisms underlying vocal learning biases in zebra finches2020

    • Author(s)
      James Logan S.、Davies Ronald、Mori Chihiro、Wada Kazuhiro、Sakata Jon T.
    • Journal Title

      Developmental Neurobiology

      Volume: 80 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 132

    • DOI

      10.1002/dneu.22754

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Corticobasal ganglia projecting neurons are required for juvenile vocal learning but not for adult vocal plasticity in songbirds2019

    • Author(s)
      Sanchez-Valpuesta M, Suzuki Y, Shibata Y, Toji N, Ji Y, Afrin N, Asogwa CN, Kojima I, Mizuguchi D, Kojima S, Okanoya K, Okado H, Kobayashi K, Wada K
    • Journal Title

      Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

      Volume: 116 Issue: 45 Pages: 22833

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.1913575116

    • NAID

      120006842193

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Transcriptional regulatory divergence underpinning species-specific learned vocalization in songbirds2019

    • Author(s)
      Wang Hongdi、Sawai Azusa、Toji Noriyuki、Sugioka Rintaro、Shibata Yukino、Suzuki Yuika、Ji Yu、Hayase Shin、Akama Satoru、Sese Jun、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      PLOS Biology

      Volume: 17 Issue: 11 Pages: e3000476-e3000476

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pbio.3000476

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Vocal practice regulates singing activity–dependent genes underlying age-independent vocal learning in songbirds2018

    • Author(s)
      Hayase Shin、Wang Hongdi、Ohgushi Eri、Kobayashi Masahiko、Mori Chihiro、Horita Haruhito、Mineta Katsuhiko、Liu Wan-chun、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      PLOS Biology

      Volume: 16 Issue: 9 Pages: e2006537-e2006537

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pbio.2006537

    • NAID

      120006585779

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Inter- and intra-specific differences in muscarinic acetylcholine receptor expression in the neural pathways for vocal learning in songbirds2018

    • Author(s)
      Asogwa Norman C.、Mori Chihiro、Sanchez-Valpuesta Miguel、Hayase Shin、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Comparative Neurology

      Volume: 526 Issue: 17 Pages: 2856

    • DOI

      10.1002/cne.24532

    • NAID

      120006769955

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Singing activity-driven Arc expression associated with vocal acoustic plasticity in juvenile songbird2018

    • Author(s)
      Hayase Shin、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      European Journal of Neuroscience

      Volume: 48 Issue: 2 Pages: 1728-1742

    • DOI

      10.1111/ejn.14057

    • NAID

      120006585776

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Recurrent development of song idiosyncrasy without auditory inputs in the canary, an open-ended vocal learner2018

    • Author(s)
      Mori Chihiro、Liu Wan-chun、Wada Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 8732-8732

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-018-27046-4

    • NAID

      120006522664

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Regulation of repetitive syllable sequence by the excitatory and inhibitory balance in the basal ganglia song nucleus in songbirds2019

    • Author(s)
      Yu Ji, Miguel Sanchez-Valpuesta, Kazuhiro Wada
    • Organizer
      Society for Neuroscience meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Transcriptional regulatory divergence underpinning species-specific learned vocalization in songbirds2019

    • Author(s)
      Hongdi Wang, Azusa Sawai
    • Organizer
      Society for Neuroscience meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 鳴禽類ソングバードにおける自発的発声学習行動によって駆動される脳内遺伝子発現動態と神経回路成熟2019

    • Author(s)
      和多和宏
    • Organizer
      日本解剖学会 第124回総会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Inter- and intra-specific differences of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor expression in the neural pathways for vocal learning in songbirds2018

    • Author(s)
      Chinwake N. Asogwa, Kazuhiro Wada
    • Organizer
      Japan Songbird Workshop 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Regulatory divergence of gene transcription for species-specific song production in songbirds2018

    • Author(s)
      Hongdi Wang, Kazuhiro Wada
    • Organizer
      Japan Songbird Workshop 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 鳴禽類ソングバードの歌学習個体差をつくる生得的学習バイアス2018

    • Author(s)
      和多和宏
    • Organizer
      日本進化学会 第20回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Cell-type specific investigation of corticalstriatal premotor neurons in song learning2018

    • Author(s)
      Sanchez Miguel-Valpuesta, Yukino SHibata, Asogwa Chinweike Norman, and Kazuhiro Wada
    • Organizer
      Society for Neuroscience meeting
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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