2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of the neural basis of the critical period for vocal learning by comparison between Bengalese finch and common marmoset
| Project/Area Number |
21700294
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | Keio University |
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Principal Investigator |
KATO Masaki Keio University, 社会学研究科, 助教 (80345016)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 音声学習臨界期 / ジュウシマツ / コモンマーモセット / 神経科学 / CaMキナーゼ |
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| Research Abstract |
We confirmed that the social isolation caused elongation of the critical period for song learning in Bengalese finch. We could find the candidate genes related to the critical period for song learning in the Bengalese finch brain by comparison between socially isolated juvenile and normal rearing juvenile by using cDNAmicroarray. The expression patterns of some plasticity-related genes in the common marmoset brain were similar to that of Bengalese finch brain.
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