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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