Neuroscience of Birdsong

Herausgeber: Marler, Peter; Zeigler, H. Philip

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering study identifying common brain mechanisms in both birds and humans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 574
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1095g
• ISBN-13: 9781107411579
• ISBN-10: 1107411572
• Artikelnr.: 37460062

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Foundations: Singing and the Brain: 1. Introduction H. P. Zeigler;
2. Birdsong and human speech Alison Doupe and Pat Kuhl; 3. Birdsong and
singing behavior Heather Williams; 4. The Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina
tibicen): an alternative model for the study of songbird neurobiology
Gisela Kaplan; 5. Songbirds and the revised avian brain nomenclature Anton
Reiner, David J. Perkel, Claudio V. Mello and Erich D. Jarvis; 6. The
songbird brain in comparative perspective Michael Farries and David. J.
Perkel; Part II. Song Production and its Neural Control: 7. Introduction H.
P. Zeigler; 8. Mechanisms of song production in songbirds Roderick A.
Suthers and Sue Ann Zollinger; 9. Peripheral sensorimotor mechanisms and
the control of song Franz Goller and Brenton G. Cooper; 10. Integrating
breathing and singing: forebrain and brainstem mechanisms Marc F. Schmidt
and Robin Ashmore; 11. Birdsong: anatomical foundations and central
mechanisms of sensorimotor integration J. Martin Wild; Part III. Hearing
and Recognizing the Song: 12. Introduction Peter Marler; 13. Song
selectivity and the songbird brain Frédéric E. Theunissen, Noopur Amin,
Sarita Shaevitz, Sarah M. N. Woolley, Thane Fremouw and Mark E. Hauber; 14.
Song-selective neurons: synaptic mechanisms and functional roles J. F.
Prather and Richard Mooney; 15. Temporal auditory pattern recognition in
songbirds Tim Gentner; Part IV. Learning the Song: Mechanisms of
Acquisition and Maintenance: 16. Introduction Peter Marler; 17. Comparative
aspects of song learning Henrike Hultsch and Dietmar Todt; 18.
Developmental song learning in the zebra finch Sigal Saar, Partha P.
Mithra, Sebastien Deregnaucourt and Ofer Tchernichovski; 19. Auditory
feedback and singing in adult birds Sarah M. N. Woolley; 20. The anterior
forebrain pathway and vocal plasticity Michael S. Brainard; 21. Circuits
and cellular mechanisms of sensory acquisition Kathy and Ernest Nordeen;
22. Chasin' the trace: the neural substrate of birdsong memory Johan J.
Bolhuis; 23. The template concept - crafting a song replica from memory
Patrice Adret; Part V. Mechanisms of Modulation and Plasticity: 24.
Introduction Peter Marler; 25. Hormonal modulation of singing behavior:
methodology and principles of hormone action Cheryl F. Harding; 26. Sex
differences in brain and behavior and neuroendocrine control of the
motivation to sing Gregory F. Ball, Lauren V. Riters, Scott A.
MacDougall-Shackleton and J. Balthazart; 27. Plasticity of the song control
system in adult birds Eliot Brenowitz; 28. Regulation and function of
neuronal replacement in the avian song system Carolyn Pytte, Linda
Wilbrecht and John R. Kirn; Part VI. The Genomic Revolution and Birdsong
Neurobiology: 29. Introduction H. P. Zeigler; 30. Studies of songbirds in
the age of genetics: what to expect from genomic approaches in the next 20
years David F. Clayton and Arthur P. Arnold; 31. Behavior-dependent
expression of inducible genes in vocal learning birds Claudio V. Mello and
Erich D. Jarvis; 32. Genes for tuning up the vocal brain: FoxP2 in human
speech and birdsong Sebastian Haesler and Constance Scharff; Part VII. On a
Personal Note: 33. Introduction H. P. Zeigler; 34. William Homans Thorpe: a
biographical memoir R. A. Hinde; 35. My journey with birdsong M. Konishi;
36. The discovery of replaceable neurons Fernando Nottebohm; 37. The
birdsong saga Peter Marler; Part VIII. Collected References.