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'Cognitive' gene in birds

Postby Pajarita » Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:47 am

Unfortunately, the study was not done on parrots [and what else is new, right?] but I bet that, if they had, they would have found that they have high levels of the neurotransmitter in question! By the way, the same neurotransmitter is found in humans, too!

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 145019.htm
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