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The effects of housing conditions on neurogenesis in the black-capped chickadee

dc.contributor.authorAitken, Sean
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscienceen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalReceiveden_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. Gail Eskesen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Kevin Duffyen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Tara Perroten_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Leslie Phillmoreen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-29T12:54:10Z
dc.date.available2015-01-29T12:54:10Z
dc.date.defence2014-12-12
dc.date.issued2015-01-29
dc.description.abstractBlack-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) store and retrieve thousands of seeds during the fall and winter, seemingly in anticipation of reduced resource availability coinciding with onset of harsh weather, and laboratory experiments have confirmed the necessity of hippocampal integrity in successful performance of this specialized ability. These birds undergo changes in rates of hippocampal neurogenesis throughout the year; however, results from laboratory experiments designed to gain further insight to this phenomenon have been equivocal. We were interested in teasing apart the effects of two factors associated with housing conditions of captive birds: housing size and housing location. We found that birds housed indoors experienced a decrease in neurogenesis compared to those housed outside; however, there was no difference between birds housed in cages compared to those housed in aviaries. Results from this study suggests that a transition from nature to an indoor environment has greater consequences on neurogenesis than does a reduction in space.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/56060
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectneurogenesisen_US
dc.subjecthippocampusen_US
dc.subjectseasonalityen_US
dc.subjectcaptivityen_US
dc.titleThe effects of housing conditions on neurogenesis in the black-capped chickadeeen_US

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