ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2014
Development of neural responsivity to vocal sounds in higher level auditory cortex of songbirds.
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- Song Preference in Female and Juvenile Songbirds: Proximate and Ultimate Questions.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Vocal learning in songbirds: the role of syllable order in song recognition.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Adult-like neural representation of species-specific songs in the auditory forebrain of zebra finch nestlings.Developmental neurobiology · 2021Article
- Sex differences in the development and expression of a preference for familiar vocal signals in songbirds.PloS one · 2021Article
- A Novel Bone Conduction Hearing System May Improve Memory Function in Children with Single Side Hearing loss: A Case-Control Study.The journal of international advanced otology · 2020Article
- Neuroestrogen synthesis modifies neural representations of learned song without altering vocal imitation in developing songbirds.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Sound sequences in birdsong: how much do birds really care?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
- The sensitive period for auditory-vocal learning in the zebra finch: Consequences of limited-model availability and multiple-tutor paradigms on song imitation.Behavioural processes · 2019Review
- Neural activity associated with rhythmicity of song in juvenile male and female zebra finches.Behavioural processes · 2019Article
- Response properties of single neurons in higher level auditory cortex of adult songbirds.Journal of neurophysiology · 2019Article
- Neuroestrogens rapidly shape auditory circuits to support communication learning and perception: Evidence from songbirds.Hormones and behavior · 2018Review
- Relative salience of syllable structure and syllable order in zebra finch song.Animal cognition · 2018Article
- Auditory experience-dependent cortical circuit shaping for memory formation in bird song learning.Nature communications · 2016Article
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Abstract
Like humans, songbirds learn vocal sounds from "tutors" during a sensitive period of development. Vocal learning in songbirds therefore provides a powerful model system for investigating neural mechanisms by which memories of learned vocal sounds are stored. This study examined whether NCM (caudo-medial nidopallium), a region of higher level auditory cortex in songbirds, serves as a locus where a neural memory of tutor sounds is acquired during early stages of vocal learning. NCM neurons respond well to complex auditory stimuli, and evoked activity in many NCM neurons habituates such that the response to a stimulus that is heard repeatedly decreases to approximately one-half its original level (stimulus-specific adaptation). The rate of neural habituation serves as an index of familiarity, being low for familiar sounds, but high for novel sounds. We found that response strength across different song stimuli was higher in NCM neurons of adult zebra finches than in juveniles, and that only adult NCM responded selectively to tutor song. The rate of habituation across both tutor song and novel conspecific songs was lower in adult than in juvenile NCM, indicating higher familiarity and a more persistent response to song stimuli in adults. In juvenile birds that have memorized tutor vocal sounds, neural habituation was higher for tutor song than for a familiar conspecific song. This unexpected result suggests that the response to tutor song in NCM at this age may be subject to top-down influences that maintain the tutor song as a salient stimulus, despite its high level of familiarity.
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