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J Neurophysiol (December 8, 2004). doi:10.1152/jn.01001.2004
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Submitted on September 23, 2004
Accepted on December 2, 2004

The sensorimotor nucleus NIf is necessary for auditory processing but not vocal motor output in the avian song system

Jessica A. Cardin1, Jonathan N. Raksin1, and Marc F. Schmidt1*

1 Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: marcschm{at}sas.upenn.edu.

Sensorimotor integration in the avian song system is crucial for both learning and maintenance of song, a vocal motor behavior. While a number of song system areas demonstrate both sensory and motor characteristics, their exact roles in auditory and premotor processing are unclear. In particular, it is unknown whether input from the forebrain nucleus interface of the nidopallium (NIf), which exhibits both sensory and premotor activity, is necessary for both auditory and premotor processing in its target, HVC. Here we show that bilateral NIf lesions result in long-term loss of HVC auditory activity but do not impair song production. NIf is thus a major source of auditory input to HVC, but an intact NIf is not necessary for motor output in adult zebra finches.




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