Neural transcriptome reveals molecular mechanisms for temporal control of vocalization across multiple timescales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vocalization is a prominent social behavior among vertebrates, including in the midshipman fish, an established model for elucidating the neural basis of acoustic communication. Courtship vocalizations produced by territorial males are essential for reproductive success, vary over daily and seasonal cycles, and last up to hours per call. Vocalizations rely upon extreme synchrony and millisecond precision in the firing of a homogeneous population of motoneurons, the vocal motor nucleus (VMN). Although studies have identified neural mechanisms driving rapid, precise, and stable neuronal firing over long periods of calling, little is known about underlying genetic/molecular mechanisms.

Results

We used RNA sequencing-based transcriptome analyses to compare patterns of

SUBMITTER: Feng NY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4446069 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature