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SUBMITTER: Goldin MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3688611 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20130620 6
The nature of telencephalic control over premotor and motor circuits is debated. Hypotheses range from complete usurping of downstream circuitry to highly interactive mechanisms of control. We show theoretically and experimentally, that telencephalic song motor control in canaries is consistent with a highly interactive strategy. As predicted from a theoretical model of respiratory control, mild cooling of a forebrain nucleus (HVC) led to song stretching, but further cooling caused progressive r ...[more]