A Distributed Recurrent Network Contributes to Temporally Precise Vocalizations.
A Distributed Recurrent Network Contributes to Temporally Precise Vocalizations.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neuron.2016.06.019
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发表时间:
2016-08-03
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影响因子:
16.2
通讯作者:
Mooney R
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作者:
Hamaguchi K;Tanaka M;Mooney R
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.