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Immunohistochemical distribution of calcium-binding proteins, parvalbumin (PV) and calbindin (CB), has been studied in the mesencephalic auditory center (MLd) of pigeon (Columba livia). In the central region of the MLd (core, ICC), an overlap in distribution of the PVand CB-immunopositive (ip) neurons and neuropil has been observed, with different patterns in the central and peripheral parts. In the peripheral region of the MLd (belt, ICS, and ICX), both neurons and neuropil contained only CB. A selective CB chemospecificity of the belt, ICS, and ICX is an evolutionary conserved feature characteristic of all avian species. Interspecies differences in the distribution of PV and CB immunoreactivity in the ICC are a result of adaptive functional specialization, which provides specific processing of different aspects of the auditory information.
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Original Russian Text © M.G. Belekhova, N.B. Kenigfest, T.V. Chudinova, N.P. Vesselkin, 2016, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2016, Vol. 466, No. 3, pp. 361–365.
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Belekhova, M.G., Kenigfest, N.B., Chudinova, T.V. et al. Distribution of calcium-binding proteins, parvalbumin and calbindin, in the midbrain auditory center (MLd) of a pigeon. Dokl Biol Sci 466, 1–4 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001249661601004X
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