A reafferent and feed-forward model of song syntax generation in the Bengalese finch

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 509-532

  Hanuschkin, Alexander ^a   Diesmann, Markus ^a,b,c,d   Morrison, Abigail ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bengalese finch; Compositionality; Efference copy; Feed forward network; HVC; Motor control; Reafferent; Spike synchrony; Synfire chains; Syntax generation

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS; SYNTACTICS;

BENGALESE FINCH; COMPOSITIONALITY; EFFERENCE COPIES; FEED-FORWARD NETWORK; HVC; MOTOR CONTROL; REAFFERENT; SPIKE SYNCHRONY; SYNFIRE CHAINS; SYNTAX GENERATION;

AUDITION;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; BRAIN FUNCTION; FINCH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 83055176805     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: 15736873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-011-0318-z     Document Type: Article

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