ArticlePloS one2014
Arrhythmic song exposure increases ZENK expression in auditory cortical areas and nucleus taeniae of the adult zebra Finch.
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- Aromatase and nonaromatase neurons in the zebra finch secondary auditory forebrain are indistinct in their song-driven gene induction and intrinsic electrophysiological properties.The European journal of neuroscience · 2021Article
- The multi-dimensional nature of vocal learning.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Review
- Vocal learning and flexible rhythm pattern perception are linked: Evidence from songbirds.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Neural activity associated with rhythmicity of song in juvenile male and female zebra finches.Behavioural processes · 2019Article
- ZENK induction in the zebra finch brain by song: Relationship to hemisphere, rhythm, oestradiol and sex.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2017Article
- Can Birds Perceive Rhythmic Patterns? A Review and Experiments on a Songbird and a Parrot Species.Frontiers in psychology · 2016Article
- Zebra Finches As a Model Species to Understand the Roots of Rhythm.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2016Article
- "Bird Song Metronomics": Isochronous Organization of Zebra Finch Song Rhythm.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2016Article
- Finding the Beat: From Socially Coordinated Vocalizations in Songbirds to Rhythmic Entrainment in Humans.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2016Review
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Abstract
Rhythm is important in the production of motor sequences such as speech and song. Deficits in rhythm processing have been implicated in human disorders that affect speech and language processing, including stuttering, autism, and dyslexia. Songbirds provide a tractable model for studying the neural underpinnings of rhythm processing due to parallels with humans in neural structures and vocal learning patterns. In this study, adult zebra finches were exposed to naturally rhythmic conspecific song or arrhythmic song. Immunohistochemistry for the immediate early gene ZENK was used to detect neural activation in response to these two types of stimuli. ZENK was increased in response to arrhythmic song in the auditory association cortex homologs, caudomedial nidopallium (NCM) and caudomedial mesopallium (CMM), and the avian amygdala, nucleus taeniae (Tn). CMM also had greater ZENK labeling in females than males. The increased neural activity in NCM and CMM during perception of arrhythmic stimuli parallels increased activity in the human auditory cortex following exposure to unexpected, or perturbed, auditory stimuli. These auditory areas may be detecting errors in arrhythmic song when comparing it to a stored template of how conspecific song is expected to sound. CMM may also be important for females in evaluating songs of potential mates. In the context of other research in songbirds, we suggest that the increased activity in Tn may be related to the value of song for assessing mate choice and bonding or it may be related to perception of arrhythmic song as aversive.
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