期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY
卷 47, 期 2, 页码 109-120出版社
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/neu.1020
关键词
vocalization; sexual dimorphism; learning; brain lesions; auditory processing; sensorimotor integration
资金
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01-MH-40900] Funding Source: Medline
Vocal communication between zebra finches includes the exchange of long calls (LCs) as well as song. By using this natural call behavior and quantifying the I,Cs emitted in response to playbacks of LCs of other birds, we have previously shown that adult male zebra finches have a categorical preference for the LCs of females over those of males, Female LCs are acoustically simpler than male LCs, which include complex acoustic features that are learned during development. production of these male-typical features requires an intact nucleus RA, the sexually dimorphic source of the main telencephalic projection to brainstem vocal effecters. We have now made bilateral lesions of RA in 17 adult males and tested their discrimination behavior in the call response situation. Lesioned birds continue to call, but lose the male-typical preference for female LCs. The degree of loss is correlated with the extent of RA damage. Further, the simplified LCs of males with RA lesions have a variable duration that is correlated with stimulus features. In effect, the call response behavior of lesioned males becomes like that of females. Apparently, in the absence of RA, the remaining intact structures receive different call information than RA normally does, and/or process it differently. This suggests that the vocal motor nucleus RA could play a role in the transformation of a signal encoding the salience of stimulus parameters into a control signal that modulates the probability and strength of responding. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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