Social context modulates singing-related neural activity in the songbird forebrain
Social context modulates singing-related neural activity in the songbird forebrain
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DOI：
10.1038/6306
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发表时间：
1999-03-01
影响因子：
25
通讯作者：
Doupe, AJ
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作者：
Hessler, NA;Doupe, AJ
鸟鸣是生命早期习得的一种复杂的发声行为，其过程类似于人类语言的学习过程 1。与言语一样，歌唱是一种社会行为——雄性鸣禽经常在求爱或领地防御时使用它。2。在这里，我们表明，在成年斑胸草雀中，专门用于歌曲学习的几个高级大脑区域中与歌唱相关的神经活动模式取决于一只鸟是自己唱歌还是向另一只鸟唱歌；因此，这一活动不仅可以表明鸟儿在唱歌，还可以表明歌曲的社会背景。
Birdsong is a complex vocal behavior learned during early life in a process similar to the learning of human speech 1. Like speech, singing is a social behavior—male songbirds often use it in courtship or in territorial defense 2. Here we show that, in the adult zebra finch, the pattern of singing-related neural activity in several high-level brain areas specialized for song learning is dependent on whether a bird sings by itself or to another bird; thus, this activity can indicate not only that a bird is singing but also the social context of the song.