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SUBMITTER: Crandall SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2268767 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Crandall Shane R SR Adam Murtaza M Kinnischtzke Amanda K AK Nick Teresa A TA
Journal of neurophysiology 20070411 1
Sleep abnormalities are coexpressed with human communication disorders. Recent data from the birdsong system, the best model for human speech, indicate that sleep has a critical role in vocal learning. To understand the neural mechanisms that underlie behavioral changes during sleep, we recorded sleep activity in the song control area HVC longitudinally during song development in zebra finches. We focused on the sensorimotor phase of song learning, when the finch shapes his song behavior toward ...[more]