Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in a songbird brain
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DOI: 10.1002/cne.25314
Abstract: Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand‐gated ion channels that mediate fast synaptic transmission and cell signaling, which contribute to learning, memory, and the execution of motor skills. Birdsong is a complex learned motor skill in… read more here.
Keywords: acetylcholine receptors; brain; nicotinic acetylcholine; nachr subunits ... See more keywords
Birdsong learning as a social process
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.09.001
Abstract: This paper describes a 30-year investigation into the role of social and ecological factors affecting song learning in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia. It addresses the question of why song sparrows learn the songs they do,… read more here.
Keywords: song sparrows; process; learning social; birdsong learning ... See more keywords
Animal Behavior: Song Learning out of the Box
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.054
Abstract: Our understanding of songbird song learning is derived mainly from two approaches: observations in the field and experiments in the laboratory. A clever new study combines elements of both and highlights how exposure to song… read more here.
Keywords: learning box; behavior song; animal behavior; biology ... See more keywords
Variable ambient temperature promotes song learning and production in zebra finches
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arad014
Abstract: Abstract Current climate change is leading to increasingly unpredictable environmental conditions and is imposing new challenges to wildlife. For example, ambient conditions fluctuating during critical developmental periods could potentially impair the development of cognitive systems… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; song learning; variable ambient; zebra finches ... See more keywords
Learning strategies and the social brain: Missing elements in the link between developmental stress, song and cognition?
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DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12379
Abstract: Bird songs may advertise aspects of cognition because song learning and learning speed in cognitive tasks are both affected by early-life environments. However, such relationships remain ambiguous in the literature. Here, I discuss 2 lines… read more here.
Keywords: stress song; learning strategies; song learning; cognition ... See more keywords
Multidimensional Tuning in Motor Cortical Neurons during Active Behavior
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DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0109-20.2020
Abstract: Abstract A region within songbird cortex, dorsal intermediate arcopallium (AId), is functionally analogous to motor cortex in mammals and has been implicated in song learning during development. Non-vocal factors such as visual and social cues… read more here.
Keywords: song learning; activity; song; motor ... See more keywords