title: Developmental neurobiology: awakening the brain for the first time.
abstract: Imaging of the chicken embryo in the egg has revealed that the entire brain can be switched on for the first time earlier than expected by exposure to maternal vocalizations.
authors.affiliation: Avian Sleep Group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany. rattenborg@orn.mpg.de
authors.forename: Niels C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Rattenborg
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martinez-Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology*; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology*