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

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

As the birds gradually mastered their tunes, the team also measured the level of dopamine released in the birds' basal ganglia, a part of the brain involved in learning new motor skills.

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

Learn how Zebra finches' natural drive to learn their songs makes them masters of their craft - and what we can learn from ...

Think people with hair-pulling or skin-picking habits can “just stop”? Science reveals why it’s not about willpower—and what ...

To build the map, researchers at Columbia University and the University of Bordeaux took a slice of a frozen human brain and, ...

Haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) occurs when there is transplacental passage of maternal immunoglobulin G ...

It had just passed midnight on the first day of February half term in 2024. Hours earlier, I had come home from our local hospital in Poole with our middle son, Charlie, leaving my husband Gary with ...