Welocome to Wada lab
- On-going projects
1) Molecular basis of regulation of the critical period for vocal
learning
Key words:
Singing-induced genes
Epigenetic reagulation
(DNA methylation and histone modification)
Gene manipulaion using virus expression system
Next generation sequencing
Cell type-specific gene manipulation
Behavioral manipulation
2) Vocal learning and production of species-specific
song patterns
Key words:
Evolution of species-specific vocal patterns
Species-specifically regulated genes
cis-/trans- transcriptional regulation
Cortical-basal ganglia loop
Cross-fostering experiment
Hybrid songbirds
3) Adaptation of songbirds as an animal model for vocal
communication disorders
Key words:
Deafening
Stuttering
