Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20943369›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2011

A bird's eye view of neural circuit formation.

Bence P Olveczky, Timothy J Gardner

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bence P OlveczkyHarvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Brain Science, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. olveczky@fas.harvard.edu
Timothy J Gardner

Funding

Neural mechanisms underlying vocal learning in the songbirdR01NS066408 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI OLVECZKY, BENCE P · 2009 to 2012
$1.6M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS066408NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS66408Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural circuits underlying complex learned behaviors, such as speech in humans, develop under genetic constraints and in response to environmental influences. Little is known about the rules and mechanisms through which such circuits form. We argue that songbirds, with their discrete and well studied neural pathways underlying a complex and naturally learned behavior, provide a powerful model for addressing these questions. We briefly review current knowledge of how the song circuit develops during learning and discuss new possibilities for advancing the field given recent technological advances.

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AnimalsLearningNeural PathwaysSongbirdsVocalization, Animal

Identifiers

PMID20943369
PMCPMC3041870

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