Singing in the Brain: Investigating the Role of Adult Neurogenesis in Long-Term Memory Preservation

A Comparison of Habituation Rates in Adult-Born and General Population Neurons in the Zebra Finch Caudomedial Nidopallium

“…However, she found no clear correlation between the degree to which birds learned novel conspecific songs and NCM neurogenesis rates (Tsoi, 2016). Preliminary results from our lab suggest that adult-born neurons may have a more plastic role than the general neuronal population of NCM, which could also point to a role in learning and memory (Junkins, 2016). Habituation in the NCM Mello et al (1992) demonstrated that for a novel conspecific song playback of ten to thirty minutes in length, neuronal activity in the NCM increased linearly.…”