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A framework for integrating the songbird brain.
(J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol, 2002-12)
Biological systems by default involve complex components with complex relationships.
To decipher how biological systems work, we assume that one needs to integrate information
over multiple levels of complexity. The songbird ...
A molecular neuroethological approach for identifying and characterizing a cascade of behaviorally regulated genes.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2006-10-10)
Songbirds have one of the most accessible neural systems for the study of brain mechanisms
of behavior. However, neuroethological studies in songbirds have been limited by the
lack of high-throughput molecular resources ...
Differential expression of glutamate receptors in avian neural pathways for learned vocalization.
(J Comp Neurol, 2004-08-09)
Learned vocalization, the substrate for human language, is a rare trait. It is found
in three distantly related groups of birds-parrots, hummingbirds, and songbirds. These
three groups contain cerebral vocal nuclei for learned ...
Molecular mapping of movement-associated areas in the avian brain: a motor theory for vocal learning origin.
(PLoS One, 2008-03-12)
Vocal learning is a critical behavioral substrate for spoken human language. It is
a rare trait found in three distantly related groups of birds-songbirds, hummingbirds,
and parrots. These avian groups have remarkably similar ...
FoxP2 expression in avian vocal learners and non-learners.
(J Neurosci, 2004-03-31)
Most vertebrates communicate acoustically, but few, among them humans, dolphins and
whales, bats, and three orders of birds, learn this trait. FOXP2 is the first gene
linked to human speech and has been the target of positive ...
Night-vision brain area in migratory songbirds.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2005-06-07)
Twice each year, millions of night-migratory songbirds migrate thousands of kilometers.
To find their way, they must process and integrate spatiotemporal information from
a variety of cues including the Earth's magnetic ...
Lateralized activation of Cluster N in the brains of migratory songbirds.
(Eur J Neurosci, 2007-02)
Cluster N is a cluster of forebrain regions found in night-migratory songbirds that
shows high activation of activity-dependent gene expression during night-time vision.
We have suggested that Cluster N may function as a ...
Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution.
(Nat Rev Neurosci, 2005-02)
We believe that names have a powerful influence on the experiments we do and the way
in which we think. For this reason, and in the light of new evidence about the function
and evolution of the vertebrate brain, an international ...
Early onset of deafening-induced song deterioration and differential requirements of the pallial-basal ganglia vocal pathway.
(Eur J Neurosci, 2008-12)
Similar to humans, songbirds rely on auditory feedback to maintain the acoustic and
sequence structure of adult learned vocalizations. When songbirds are deafened, the
learned features of song, such as syllable structure ...
Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei.
(J Comp Neurol, 2004-05-31)
The standard nomenclature that has been used for many telencephalic and related brainstem
structures in birds is based on flawed assumptions of homology to mammals. In particular,
the outdated terminology implies that most ...