Can an old bird change his tune?
The stereotyped courtship songs of 'age-limited' songbirds, which learn their songs during a specific early period of their lives, were once thought immutable, but recent studies suggest that their maintenance may actually rely on subtle cues provided by auditory feedback.
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Department of Neurobiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina 27710-3209, USA. swhite@neuro.duke.edu
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D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003380:Courtship; D005246:Feedback; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000502:physiology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000502:physiology; D020308:Songbirds / Q000502:physiology*; D013637:Tape Recording; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000502:physiology; D014828:Vocalization, Animal / Q000502:physiology*