Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
March 2004
The high vocal center (HVC) of adult male canaries, Serinus canaria, is necessary for the production of learned song. New neurons are added to HVC every day, where they replace older neurons that have died, but the length of their survival depends on the time of year when they are born. A great number of HVC neurons born in the fall, when adult canaries learn a new song, are still present 8 mo later, when this song is used during the breeding season.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew neurons are constantly added to the high vocal center (HVC) of adult male canaries, Serinus canaria. Singing and testosterone (T) are known to promote this addition, but it is not known whether either variable can act on its own and what is their effect when acting together. We studied this question by castrating adult male canaries in late summer and quantifying their song in early fall.
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