Ph.D., Department of Biology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China, 1982
Since 1982,I have been doing research work on vocal learning and vocal control mechanism of animals,which is supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China. I worked with Dr.Wild, as a visiting scholar, in the Department of Anatomy at Auckland University, New Zealand during 1993. My interest focuses on the relationship between auditory pathways, respiratory pathways neural pathways and those involved in vocal learning. In addition, I also study sexual dimorphism of song control system.I hope to establish collaborative efforts with other laboratories studying the neural bases of song production and learning
Li, D-F, Zuo, MX, Chen, L et al. (1991) Effects of electrostimulation of midbrain on vocalization and respiratory in quail.Zoological Research. 1216-20.
Li, D-F (1996) The observation of spontaneous discharges of respiration related units in the rostroventrolateral medulla of zebra finches. Journal of Northeast Normal University 3:63-66.
Wild, JM, Li, D-F and, Eagleton C. (1997) Projections of the dorsomedial nucleus of the intercollicular complex (DM) in relation to respiratory-vocal nuclei in the brainstem of pigeon(Columba livia) and zebra finch(Taeniopygia guttata). J.Comp.Neurol.377:392-413.
Li, D-F,Wang, XB and, Fu, LB (1997) The neural connections between neostriatum field L complex and vocal control system in songbird(Emberiza rutila). Acta Zoologica Sinica.,43:356-360.
Li, D-F and Li, J (1999) Developmental Plasticity in Neural Circuits for song learning of Birds Progress in Physiological Sciences 30: 263-266.
Last updated: November 1, 1999