• DOI:10.1073/PNAS.88.24.11339
Corpus ID: 8708922

Song-selective auditory circuits in the vocal control system of the zebra finch.

@article{Doupe1991SongselectiveAC,
  title={Song-selective auditory circuits in the vocal control system of the zebra finch.},
  author={A. Doupe and M. Konishi},
  journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  year={1991},
  volume={88 24},
  pages={
          11339-43
        }
}

A. Doupe, M. Konishi

Published 1991

Biology, Medicine

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Birdsong is a learned behavior controlled by a distinct set of brain nuclei. The song nuclei known as area X, the medial nucleus of the dorsolateral thalamus (DLM), and the lateral magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum (L-MAN) form a pathway that plays an important but unknown role in song learning. One function served by this circuit might be auditory feedback, which is critical to normal song development. We used single unit recordings to demonstrate that all three of these nuclei… CONTINUE READING

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