Qi was able to show that another chemical messenger called acetylcholine can trigger dopamine release in the bird’s brain ...

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A study by Duke University neuroscientists uncovers the role of dopamine in guiding song learning in juvenile zebra finches.

The basal ganglia are a set of subcortical structures that interact with the cerebral cortex to regulate motor, cognitive and affective function through reinforcement learning and action selection.

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We're all familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting stimulus. Perhaps you experience it yourself when passing a cafe or restaurant and ...

Zebra finches learn their courtship songs early in life by first listening to their fathers and memorizing the melodies.

Bleeding can occur in the cerebral hemispheres, basal ganglia, brainstem, cerebellum, or the ventricles, causing initial tissue injury (Fewel et al., 2003; Qureshi et al., 2001). Figure 1 shows ...