Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

The paper identifies a nested neural circuit in mice that integrates social and environmental signals to regulate vocalization decisions.

This study shows that a learned motor behavior can recover after chronic disruption of inhibitory circuits, with neuronal activity permanently altered but song recovery possible without relying on learning circuits.

The paper identifies conserved fast and slow central pattern generators (CPGs) in Xenopus species that produce species-specific vocalizations, showing their development is regulated by testosterone.

This study shows that neural sequences in songbirds can form without tutor exposure but become tightly associated with new syllables after tutoring, with some birds failing to learn due to pre-existing crystallized sequences.

The paper investigates adaptive mechanisms in an auditory categorization model to improve performance in noisy and reverberant environments, showing that multiple adaptations are needed to match biological performance.

This study identifies a fronto-temporal vocalization-processing network in marmosets using fMRI, suggesting it is ancestral to the human language network.

The paper investigates how deafening affects gene expression across the birdsong sensorimotor circuit, identifying molecular changes in specific neural regions and their coordination.

This study shows that auditory pallial circuits influence the social behavior network in female Zebra finches by modulating VMHl activation during song playback.

The paper analyzes HVCX neuron burst patterns in zebra finches to show that multiple burst sequences, not a single sequence, encode song and error through network interactions and intrinsic properties.

The paper proposes a dual pathway model for vocal learning in songbirds, showing it can reach global optima in complex landscapes through exploration and consolidation.

This paper develops a system to identify individual rooks in field recordings using multi-task neural networks, achieving reliable identification regardless of vocalisation type.

The paper maps synaptic connectivity in songbird sensorimotor circuits involved in vocal imitation, revealing modular networks and connectivity rules.

This study shows a feature-based auditory categorization model matches guinea pig behavior in call categorization, especially under frequency shifts.

This study shows that non-auditory feedback can drive vocal learning in adult songbirds and that a specific brain pathway is necessary for both auditory and non-auditory vocal plasticity.

This paper introduces USVCAM, an acoustic camera system for faster and simpler localization of ultrasonic vocalizations in mice, demonstrating its use in analyzing social communication in a home cage.

This study tracks prenatal development of orofacial movements in marmoset monkeys, showing that vocalization-related patterns emerge before birth.

The paper identifies convergent gene expression patterns between songbird and human vocal motor circuits, highlighting shared molecular specializations in specific brain regions.

The paper identifies feed-forward inhibition as a key mechanism regulating vocal response timing in zebra finches using a spiking network model and electrophysiological recordings.

The paper investigates noradrenergic projections from the locus coeruleus to the cortico-basal ganglia system in zebra finches, finding regionally specialized receptor expression and divergent connectivity.

The paper evaluates USV detection methods and introduces BootSnap, a classification tool that improves accuracy and generalizability for mouse ultrasonic vocalizations.

The paper compares neural responses to song playback in sleeping and anesthetized juvenile zebra finches, finding significant differences that challenge the similarity between sleep and anesthesia.

This study shows that increased arousal leads to stable oscillations in marmoset vocal output, explaining the transition from irregular to regular vocal patterns during development.

This study uses fNIRS to compare cerebral activation in baboons during exposure to conspecific and heterospecific agonistic vocalizations, finding some differences in temporal cortex activity.

The paper shows that predictive information in vocal sequences biases Bayesian categorical perception through rapid sensory reorganization in songbirds.

The paper maps the neural circuitry underlying vocalizations in Alston's singing mouse using pseudorabies virus tracing, revealing co-labeling patterns in key brain regions involved in vocal production and social behavior.

The paper shows that informational masking, not just energetic masking, affects vocal communication in treefrogs by impairing mate-choice decisions in noisy environments.

This study shows dopamine neurons in singing birds evaluate natural fluctuations in song performance without external perturbations.

This study identifies TCF7L2 as a molecular switch in the midbrain that controls vocalization through transcriptional repression, showing its role in neuronal gene expression and synaptic transmission.

This study investigates the aerodynamics and neural control of ultrasonic vocalizations in mice and rats, identifying a glottal jet mechanism and developing a motor control model for USV production.

The paper identifies songbird subthalamic nucleus (STN) neurons that signal song timing and error, projecting to VTA and connected to brain regions involved in song learning.