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From: Genomics analysis of potassium channel genes in songbirds reveals molecular specializations of brain circuits for the maintenance and production of learned vocalizations

Figure 8

Differential expression of KCTD12 and KCTD12L in adult male zebra finch brain. (A-B) Photomicrographs of in situ hybridization for KCTD12 (A) and KCTD12L (B). While KCTD12 is differentially expressed in specific nuclei of the song system, as well as other major brain subdivisions, KCTD12L shows relatively low expression throughout the brain with the exception of a specific cell type in the mesopallium. (C) High-power view of representative KCTD12L labeled cells in the mesopallium in a region indicated by the square in panel B. (D-E) High power views of KCTD12 and KCTD23L differential expression in habenula. While KCTD12 shows little to no expression in the habenula (D), KCTD12L labels a very specific population of cells in the medial, but not lateral portions of the habenula (E). Scale bars: 500 μm in A and B; 50 μm in C; 200 μm in D and E. Gene abbreviations are given in Table 1. See Abbreviations for a complete list of anatomical abbreviations.

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