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View article: The Dorsal Part of the Anterior Tuberal Nucleus Responds to Auditory Stimulation in Zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>)
The Dorsal Part of the Anterior Tuberal Nucleus Responds to Auditory Stimulation in Zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>) Open
The zebrafish, a widely used model in neurobiology, relies on hearing in aquatic environments. Unfortunately, its auditory pathways have mainly been studied in larvae. In this study, we examined the involvement of the anterior tuberal nucl…
View article: Transcriptomic changes in the posterior pallium of male zebra finches associated with social niche conformance
Transcriptomic changes in the posterior pallium of male zebra finches associated with social niche conformance Open
Animals plastically adjust their physiological and behavioural phenotypes to conform to their social environment—social niche conformance. The degree of sexual competition is a critical part of the social environment to which animals adjus…
View article: Hierarchical processing of feature, egocentric and relational information for spatial orientation in domestic chicks
Hierarchical processing of feature, egocentric and relational information for spatial orientation in domestic chicks Open
Animals can use different types of information for navigation. Domestic chicks (Gallus gallus) prefer to use local features as a beacon over spatial relational information. However, the role of egocentric navigation strategies is less unde…
View article: Transcriptomic changes in the testes and brain associated with sperm competition risk in male zebra finches
Transcriptomic changes in the testes and brain associated with sperm competition risk in male zebra finches Open
We investigated how phenotypic plasticity induced by experimentally manipulated sperm competition risk is reflected in transcriptomic profiles of testes and two brain areas (posterior pallium and optic tectum) in breeding male zebra finche…
View article: In paired preference tests, domestic chicks innately choose the colour green over red, and the shape of a frog over a sphere when both stimuli are green
In paired preference tests, domestic chicks innately choose the colour green over red, and the shape of a frog over a sphere when both stimuli are green Open
Many animals express unlearned colour preferences that depend on the context in which signals are encountered. These colour biases may have evolved in response to the signalling system to which they relate. For example, many aposematic ani…
View article: Spatial cognition and the avian hippocampus: Research in domestic chicks
Spatial cognition and the avian hippocampus: Research in domestic chicks Open
In this review, we discuss the functional equivalence of the avian and mammalian hippocampus, based mostly on our own research in domestic chicks, which provide an important developmental model (most research on spatial cognition in other …
View article: Number neurons in the nidopallium of young domestic chicks
Number neurons in the nidopallium of young domestic chicks Open
Numerical cognition is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom. Domestic chicks are a widely used developmental model for studying numerical cognition. Soon after hatching, chicks can perform sophisticated numerical tasks. Nevertheless, the neura…
View article: Active exploration of an environment drives the activation of the hippocampus–amygdala complex of domestic chicks
Active exploration of an environment drives the activation of the hippocampus–amygdala complex of domestic chicks Open
In birds, like in mammals, the hippocampus critically mediates spatial navigation through the formation of a spatial map. This study investigates the impact of active exploration of an environment on the hippocampus of young domestic chick…
View article: Activation of the Nucleus Taeniae of the Amygdala by Umami Taste in Domestic Chicks (Gallus gallus)
Activation of the Nucleus Taeniae of the Amygdala by Umami Taste in Domestic Chicks (Gallus gallus) Open
In chickens, the sense of taste plays an important role in detecting nutrients and choosing feed. The molecular mechanisms underlying the taste-sensing system of chickens are well studied, but the neural mechanisms underlying taste reactiv…
View article: The Neighborhood Polynomial of Chordal Graphs
The Neighborhood Polynomial of Chordal Graphs Open
We study the neighborhood polynomial and the complexity of its computation for chordal graphs. The neighborhood polynomial of a graph is the generating function of subsets of its vertices that have a common neighbor. We introduce a paramet…
View article: Active exploration of a novel environment drives the activation of the hippocampus-amygdala complex of domestic chicks
Active exploration of a novel environment drives the activation of the hippocampus-amygdala complex of domestic chicks Open
In birds, like in mammals, the hippocampus critically mediates spatial navigation through the formation of a spatial map. This study investigates the impact of active exploration of a novel environment on the hippocampus of young domestic …
View article: Number neurons in the nidopallium of young domestic chicks
Number neurons in the nidopallium of young domestic chicks Open
Numerical cognition is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom. Domestic chicks are a widely used developmental model for studying numerical cognition. Soon after hatching, chicks can perform sophisticated numerical tasks. Nevertheless, the neura…
View article: The Neighborhood Polynomial of Chordal Graphs
The Neighborhood Polynomial of Chordal Graphs Open
We study the neighborhood polynomial and the complexity of its computation for chordal graphs. The neighborhood polynomial of a graph is the generating function of subsets of its vertices that have a common neighbor. We introduce a paramet…
View article: Unlearned visual preferences for the head region in domestic chicks
Unlearned visual preferences for the head region in domestic chicks Open
Unlearned tendencies to approach animate creatures are of great adaptive value, especially for nidifugous social birds that need to react to the presence of potential social companions shortly after hatching. Domestic chicks' preferences f…
View article: Dataset for: The motion of a living conspecific activates septal and preoptic areas in naive domestic chicks (Gallus gallus)
Dataset for: The motion of a living conspecific activates septal and preoptic areas in naive domestic chicks (Gallus gallus) Open
Predispositions to attend to animate objects are ubiquitous in newborn vertebrates but little is known about their neural bases. In the present study we wanted to know if exposure to the motion of an alive, behaving conspecific will select…
View article: Multiple Visual Field Representations in the Visual Wulst of a Laterally Eyed Bird, the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Multiple Visual Field Representations in the Visual Wulst of a Laterally Eyed Bird, the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) Open
The visual wulst is the telencephalic target of the avian thalamofugal visual system. It contains several retinotopically organised representations of the contralateral visual field. We used optical imaging of intrinsic signals, electrophy…