Night-vision brain area in migratory songbirds.

Abstract:

:Twice each year, millions of night-migratory songbirds migrate thousands of kilometers. To find their way, they must process and integrate spatiotemporal information from a variety of cues including the Earth's magnetic field and the night-time starry sky. By using sensory-driven gene expression, we discovered that night-migratory songbirds possess a tight cluster of brain regions highly active only during night vision. This cluster, here named "cluster N," is located at the dorsal surface of the brain and is adjacent to a known visual pathway. In contrast, neuronal activation of cluster N was not increased in nonmigratory birds during the night, and it disappeared in migrants when both eyes were covered. We suggest that in night-migratory songbirds cluster N is involved in enhanced night vision, and that it could be integrating vision-mediated magnetic and/or star compass information for night-time navigation. Our findings thus represent an anatomical and functional demonstration of a specific night-vision brain area.

authors

Mouritsen H,Feenders G,Liedvogel M,Wada K,Jarvis ED

doi

10.1073/pnas.0409575102

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-06-07 00:00:00

pages

8339-44

issue

23

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

pii

0409575102

journal_volume

102

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