Publication Date:
1985-07-19
Description:
The hypoglossal motor neurons that innervate the vocal organ (syrinx) of the male zebra finch show a selective, long-latency (50-millisecond) response to sound. This response is eliminated by lesions to forebrain song-control nuclei. Different song syllables elicit a response from different syringeal motor neurons. Conspecific vocalizations may therefore be perceived as members of a set of vocal gestures and thus distinct from other environmental sounds. This hypothesis is an avian parallel to the motor theory of speech perception in humans.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Williams, H -- Nottebohm, F -- 5 R01 NS17991/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- 507 RR07065/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1985 Jul 19;229(4710):279-82.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4012321" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Auditory Perception/*physiology
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Birds/*physiology
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Female
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Humans
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Hypoglossal Nerve/physiology
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Male
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Models, Neurological
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Motor Neurons/*physiology
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Sex Characteristics
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Vocalization, Animal/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
