Natural Changes in Brain Temperature Underlie Variations in Song Tempo during a Mating Behavior

The song of a male zebra finch is a stereotyped motor sequence whose tempo varies with social context - whether or not the song is directed at a female bird - as well as with the time of day. The neural mechanisms underlying these changes in tempo are unknown. Here we show that brain temperature rec...

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Main Authors: Aronov, Dmitriy (Contributor), Fee, Michale S. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2013-01-23T17:04:34Z.
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