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Neuroscience of birdsong / edited by H. Philip Zeigler, Peter Marler. — Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2008. – (59.1915/N494) |
Contents
Contents
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I FOUNDATIONS: SINGING AND THE BRAIN
1 Introduction
2 Birdsong and human speech: common themes and mechanisms
3 Birdsong and singing behavior
4 The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen): an alternative model for the study of songbird neurobiology
5 Songbirds and the revised avian brain nomenclature
6 The songbird brain in comparative perspective
PART II SONG PRODUCTION AND ITS NEURAL CONTROL
7 Introduction
8 From brain to song: the vocal organ and vocal tract
9 Peripheral mechanisms of sensorimotor integration during singing
10 Integrating breathing and singing: forebrain and brainstem mechanisms
11 Birdsong: anatomical foundations and central mechanisms of sensorimotor integration
PART III HEARING AND RECOGNIZING THE SONG
12 Introduction
13 Song selectivity and the songbird brain
14 Song-selective neurons in the songbird brain: synaptic mechanisms and functional roles
15 Temporal auditory pattern recognition in songbirds
PART IV LEARNING THE SONG: MECHANISMS OF ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE
16 Introduction
17 Comparative aspects of song learning
18 Developmental song learning in the zebra finch
19 Auditory feedback and singing in adult birds
20 The anterior forebrain pathway and vocal plasticity
21 Circuits and cellular mechanisms of sensory acquisition
22 Chasin' the trace: the neural substrate of birdsong memory
23 The template concept: crafting a song replica from memory
PART V MECHANISMS OF MODULATION AND PLASTICITY
24 Introduction
25 Hormonal modulation of singing behavior: methodology and principles of hormone action
26 Sex differences in brain and behavior and the neuroendocrine control of the motivation to sing
27 Plasticity of the song control system in adult birds
28 Regulation and function of neuronal replacement in the avian song system
PART VI THE GENOMICREVOLUTIONANDBIRDSONGNEUROBIOLOGY
29 Introduction
30 Studies of songbirds in the age of genetics: what to expect from genomic approaches in the next 20 years
31 Behavior-dependent expression of inducible genes in vocal learning birds
32 Genes for tuning up the vocal brain: FoxP2 in human speech and birdsong
PART VII ON A PERSONAL NOTE
33 Introduction
34 William Homan Thorpe
35 My journey with birdsong
36 The discovery of replaceable neurons
37 Birdsong and monkey talk: an ethological journey