Richard Daniel Mooney

Journal article J Neurosci · August 18, 2004 Featured Publication Stimulus-specific neuronal responses are a striking characteristic of several sensory systems, although the synaptic mechanisms underlying their generation are not well understood. The songbird nucleus HVC (used here as a proper name) contains projection n ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neural correlates of learned song in the avian forebrain: simultaneous representation of self and others.

Journal article Curr Opin Neurobiol · August 2004 Featured Publication Songbirds are extraordinary vocalists and sensitive listeners, singing to communicate identity, engage other birds in acoustical combat, and attract mates. These processes involve auditory plasticity in that birds rapidly learn to discriminate novel from f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Inhibitory and excitatory mechanisms underlying auditory responses to learned vocalizations in the songbird nucleus HVC.

Journal article Neuron · July 3, 2003 Featured Publication Speech and birdsong require auditory feedback for their development and maintenance, necessitating precise auditory encoding of vocal sounds. In songbirds, the telencephalic song premotor nucleus HVC contains neurons that respond highly selectively to the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Respiratory and telencephalic modulation of vocal motor neurons in the zebra finch.

Journal article J Neurosci · February 1, 2003 Featured Publication Birdsong, like speech, involves coordinated vocal and respiratory activity achieved under telencephalic control. The avian vocal organ, or syrinx, is innervated by motor neurons (MNs) in the tracheosyringeal part of the hypoglossal nucleus (XIIts) that rec ... Full text Link to item Cite