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A Gene Expression Brain Atlas of the Zebra Finch.

斑胸草雀的基因表达脑图谱。

基本信息

批准号：
8444464
负责人：
Claudio V Mello
金额：
$ 37.15万
依托单位：
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-04-01 至 2015-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8444464
关键词：
Adult Affect Age Animal Model Apoptosis Area Atlases Behavior Bioinformatics Birds Brain Brain Mapping Brain region Cell Cycle Regulation Cell Nucleus Cell division Chickens Comparative Genomic Analysis Complex Consultations Data Databases Development Disease Endogenous Factors Environmental Risk Factor Enzymes Expressed Sequence Tags Funding Future Gene Expression Gene Expression Profile Gene Expression Regulation Gene Family Gene Structure Gene Transfer Techniques Genes Genetic Genome Genomics Goals Gonadal Steroid Hormones Grant Growth Growth Factor Health Hormonal Hormones Human Impairment Individual Ion Channel Knock-out Knowledge Language Development Learning Libraries Link Literature Mammals Maps Modeling Molecular Molecular Genetics Molecular Profiling Mus National Human Genome Research Institute National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Nerve Growth Factor Receptors Neurobiology Neuromodulator Neurons Neurosecretory Systems Neurotransmitter Receptor Neurotransmitters Nuclear Nutritional Online Systems Organism Physiological Processes Play Production Property Receptor Cell Receptor Gene Regulation Reproductive Behavior Research Research Personnel Resources Role Series Shapes Site Sleep Social Behavior Songbirds Speech Structure Synapses System United States National Institutes of Health base bird song cDNA Library comparative comparative genomics deafness deep sequencing digital high throughput analysis improved insight interest male molecular marker neurochemistry neurogenesis neuronal excitability neuronal replacement novel photoperiodicity promoter public health relevance receptor relating to nervous system research study screening sex sexual dimorphism tool trait transcription factor transgene expression vocal learning vocalization zebra finch

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Songbirds are a leading model of neurobiological research with wide implications for understanding issues of human health and disease. They are among the few organisms that have evolved vocal learning, a complex trait that provides the basis of spoken language acquisition in humans. Studies of the ontogeny of songbird vocalizations and the organization of the brain circuitry that controls song learning and production have provided unique opportunities for uncovering the neural bases of vocal learning. Songbird research has also contributed novel insights into a broad range of fundamental questions in neurobiology, such as behaviorally- regulated gene expression, sex dimorphisms and the effects of sex steroids on brain structure and function, photoperiodicity and the regulation of seasonal brain plasticity, the role of sleep in learning, the neuroendocrine regulation of reproductive and social behaviors, and neurogenesis and neuronal replacement in adulthood. To help understand how the song control circuitry and birdsong behavior are shaped by genetic mechanisms, a wide set of modern molecular and genomic resources have recently become available to songbird researchers through NIH-funded initiatives; such resources include normalized brain cDNA libraries, comprehensive annotated EST databases, microarrays, a BAC library and the completed the zebra finch genome. Such resources have been instrumental in the rapid identification of genes and gene families of neurobiological interest, the study of gene structure and regulatory domains, high- throughput analysis of gene regulation through molecular profiling studies, and comparative genomics across the major higher vertebrate groups. A key next step in making full use of these genomic resources and understanding how genes relate to brain function and behavior in songbirds is to map gene expression in the context of functional brain circuits. To achieve this goal, we propose a single Specific Aim, namely to generate a Gene Expression Brain Atlas of the Zebra Finch. Specifically we propose to map the brain expression of a large set of genes (~2,500) that are of key importance to songbird and avian brain researchers, in register with a histological atlas, and make the data available as a web-based resource.

描述（由申请人提供）：鸣禽是神经生物学研究的领先模型，对理解人类健康和疾病问题具有广泛意义。它们是少数进化出声音学习的生物体之一，声音学习是一种复杂的特征，为人类口语习得提供了基础。对鸣禽发声的个体发育和控制歌曲学习和产生的大脑回路组织的研究为揭示声乐学习的神经基础提供了独特的机会。鸣禽研究还为神经生物学中广泛的基本问题提供了新的见解，例如行为调控的基因表达，性别二型和性类固醇对大脑结构和功能的影响，光周期性和季节性大脑可塑性的调节，睡眠在学习中的作用，生殖和社会行为的神经内分泌调节，以及成年期的神经发生和神经元替代。为了帮助理解鸣禽的鸣唱控制电路和鸣禽的鸣唱行为是如何通过遗传机制形成的，通过NIH资助的计划，鸣禽研究人员最近可以获得一系列现代分子和基因组资源;这些资源包括标准化的大脑cDNA文库，全面注释的EST数据库，微阵列，BAC文库和完整的斑胸草雀基因组。这些资源有助于快速鉴定神经生物学感兴趣的基因和基因家族、研究基因结构和调控结构域、通过分子谱研究进行基因调控的高通量分析以及跨主要高等脊椎动物群体的比较基因组学。充分利用这些基因组资源并了解基因如何与鸣禽的大脑功能和行为相关的关键下一步是在功能性大脑回路的背景下绘制基因表达图。为了实现这一目标，我们提出了一个单一的具体目标，即产生一个基因表达大脑图谱的斑胸草雀。具体来说，我们建议绘制一组对鸣禽和鸟类大脑研究人员至关重要的基因（约2，500个）的大脑表达，与组织学图谱相结合，并将数据作为基于网络的资源提供。