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A Distributed Recurrent Network Contributes to Temporally Precise Vocalizations.

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Hamaguchi, K; Tanaka, M; Mooney, R
Published in: Neuron
August 2016

How do forebrain and brainstem circuits interact to produce temporally precise and reproducible behaviors? Birdsong is an elaborate, temporally precise, and stereotyped vocal behavior controlled by a network of forebrain and brainstem nuclei. An influential idea is that song premotor neurons in a forebrain nucleus (HVC) form a synaptic chain that dictates song timing in a top-down manner. Here we combine physiological, dynamical, and computational methods to show that song timing is not generated solely by a mechanism localized to HVC but instead is the product of a distributed and recurrent synaptic network spanning the forebrain and brainstem, of which HVC is a component.

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Neuron

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1097-4199

ISSN

0896-6273

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

91

Issue

3

Start / End Page

680 / 693

Related Subject Headings

  • Vocalization, Animal
  • Time Factors
  • Prosencephalon
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neural Pathways
  • Models, Neurological
  • Male
  • High Vocal Center
  • Finches
  • Cold Temperature
 

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Hamaguchi, K., Tanaka, M., & Mooney, R. (2016). A Distributed Recurrent Network Contributes to Temporally Precise Vocalizations. Neuron, 91(3), 680–693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.06.019
Hamaguchi, Kosuke, Masashi Tanaka, and Richard Mooney. “A Distributed Recurrent Network Contributes to Temporally Precise Vocalizations.Neuron 91, no. 3 (August 2016): 680–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.06.019.
Hamaguchi K, Tanaka M, Mooney R. A Distributed Recurrent Network Contributes to Temporally Precise Vocalizations. Neuron. 2016 Aug;91(3):680–93.
Hamaguchi, Kosuke, et al. “A Distributed Recurrent Network Contributes to Temporally Precise Vocalizations.Neuron, vol. 91, no. 3, Aug. 2016, pp. 680–93. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.06.019.
Hamaguchi K, Tanaka M, Mooney R. A Distributed Recurrent Network Contributes to Temporally Precise Vocalizations. Neuron. 2016 Aug;91(3):680–693.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neuron

DOI

EISSN

1097-4199

ISSN

0896-6273

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

91

Issue

3

Start / End Page

680 / 693

Related Subject Headings

  • Vocalization, Animal
  • Time Factors
  • Prosencephalon
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neural Pathways
  • Models, Neurological
  • Male
  • High Vocal Center
  • Finches
  • Cold Temperature