Browsing by Subject "Songbird"
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Developing Molecular Tools for Interrogating a Vocal Learning Avian Species
(2020)The zebra finch, an Australian songbird, is a uniquely powerful model organism for the study of vocal production learning, and its song system shares behavioral, anatomical, and genetic properties with the human spoken language ... -
Estrogen’s Impact on the Specialized Transcriptome, Brain, and Vocal Learning Behavior of a Sexually Dimorphic Songbird
(2020)The song system of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is highly sexually dimorphic, where only males develop the neural structures necessary to learn and produce learned vocalizations in adulthood. During early development, ... -
Neural Dynamics in the Basal Ganglia Underlying Birdsong Practice and Performance
(2021)Skilled movements are typically more variable during practice, promoting exploration, yet highly stereotyped during performance, favoring exploitation. How neurons encode and dynamically regulate motor variability across ...
