Dopamine System Modulates Song-related Nucleus and Song Behavior in Songbirds
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1.1)Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China;2.2)School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China;3.3)School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China

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This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31660292, 31860605), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (20192BAB214010, 20202BABL205022), the Key Project of Science and Technology Program of Department of Education of Jiangxi Province (GJJ190579) and the Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program of Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University (2016QNBJRC005).

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    Songbird is one of the few animals with complex phonological learning ability except human. The song of a songbird is similar to the production of human language. Using songbirds as models, the comparative physiology study provides important insights into the neural mechanisms that regulate language sequences and language learning and production in humans.The singing of songbirds is regulated by the interrelated singing control nuclei. Dopamine, an important neurotransmitter in the brain, is involved in the regulation of movement, cognition, motivation, reward, addiction and learning in mammals, it has been linked to Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and Huntington's syndrome in humans. DA is a key substance in the brain that regulates learning and motivation. In songbirds, dopamine and its receptors are found in a large number of singing-related nuclei. In addition, recent studies have shown that dopamine promotes songbird song learning in juvenile stage, song retention in adulthood, and song production in courtship by regulating the singing-related nuclei. Based on the research of our work , this paper reviews the research progress in the regulation of the dopamine system on the singing-related nuclei and singing behavior of songbirds, the potential mechanism of dopamine signal regulating singing behavior of songbirds was proposed.

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WANG Qing-Qin, LIU Meng-Jiao, NIU Ya-Li, LI Dong-Feng, WANG Song-Hua, MENG Wei. Dopamine System Modulates Song-related Nucleus and Song Behavior in Songbirds[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2021,48(4):378-385

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  • Received:June 10,2020
  • Revised:October 15,2020
  • Accepted:November 06,2020
  • Online: May 12,2021
  • Published: April 20,2021