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List of works by David J. Perkel

A basal ganglia pathway drives selective auditory responses in songbird dopaminergic neurons via disinhibition

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A daily oscillation in the fundamental frequency and amplitude of harmonic syllables of zebra finch song

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A novel basal ganglia pathway forms a loop linking a vocal learning circuit with its dopaminergic input

scientific article published in June 2008

A novel model for examining recovery of phonation after vocal nerve damage

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A telencephalic nucleus essential for song learning contains neurons with physiological characteristics of both striatum and globus pallidus.

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An introduction to a symposium dedicated to the scientific achievements of Roger Nicoll

scientific article published in May 2012

Anatomy of a songbird basal ganglia circuit essential for vocal learning and plasticity

scientific article (publication date: March 2010)

Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution

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Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Has a Transsynaptic Trophic Effect on Neural Activity in an Adult Forebrain Circuit

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

Differential Development of Myelin in Zebra Finch Song Nuclei

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Distribution and co-expression of adrenergic receptor-encoding mRNA in the mouse inferior colliculus

scientific article published on 16 October 2020

Dopamine Acts via D2-Like Receptors to Modulate Auditory Responses in the Inferior Colliculus

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Dopamine modulates auditory responses in the inferior colliculus in a heterogeneous manner

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Dopamine modulates excitability of spiny neurons in the avian basal ganglia.

scientific article published in June 2002

Dopaminergic Input to the Inferior Colliculus in Mice

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Dopaminergic modulation of basal ganglia output through coupled excitation-inhibition

scientific article published on 15 May 2017

Dosage changes in patients with long-term botulinum toxin use for laryngeal dystonia

scientific article published on January 2009

Electrophysiological analysis of a songbird basal ganglia circuit essential for vocal plasticity

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Electrophysiological properties of neurons in the basal ganglia of the domestic chick: conservation and divergence in the evolution of the avian basal ganglia

scientific article published on 16 March 2005

Endocannabinoids mediate synaptic plasticity at glutamatergic synapses on spiny neurons within a basal ganglia nucleus necessary for song learning

scientific article (publication date: March 2011)

Engineered deafness reveals that mouse courtship vocalizations do not require auditory experience

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Evidence for "direct" and "indirect" pathways through the song system basal ganglia

scientific article published on March 2005

Expression of the potassium-chloride co-transporter, KCC2, within the avian song system

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

HTR2 receptors in a songbird premotor cortical-like area modulate spectral characteristics of zebra finch song

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Intrinsic and synaptic properties of neurons in an avian thalamic nucleus during song learning

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Language and birdsong: Introduction to the special issue

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Long-term potentiation in an avian basal ganglia nucleus essential for vocal learning.

scientific article published in January 2004

Mechanistic Hypotheses for Proprioceptive Sensing Within the Avian Lumbosacral Spinal Cord

scientific article published in 2023

Mice produce ultrasonic vocalizations by intra-laryngeal planar impinging jets

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Millisecond timescale disinhibition mediates fast information transmission through an avian basal ganglia loop

scientific article (publication date: 9 December 2009)

Network analysis of microRNA and mRNA seasonal dynamics in a highly plastic sensorimotor neural circuit

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Noradrenergic and GABA B receptor activation differentially modulate inputs to the premotor nucleus RA in zebra finches

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Noradrenergic modulation of activity in a vocal control nucleus in vitro

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Organization of the songbird basal ganglia, including area X.

scientific article published in June 2008

Origin of the anterior forebrain pathway

scientific article published in June 2004

Pallidal neuron activity increases during sensory relay through thalamus in a songbird circuit essential for learning

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Physiological properties of zebra finch ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra pars compacta neurons

scientific article published on 26 July 2006

Plastic and stable electrophysiological properties of adult avian forebrain song-control neurons across changing breeding conditions

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Postsynaptic mechanisms involved in long-term potentiation

scientific article published on January 1990

Postsynaptic neural activity regulates neuronal addition in the adult avian song control system

scientific article (publication date: 8 October 2013)

Premotor synaptic plasticity limited to the critical period for song learning

scientific article published on October 3, 2011

Presynaptic depression of glutamatergic synaptic transmission by D1-like dopamine receptor activation in the avian basal ganglia.

scientific article published in July 2003

Properties of dopamine release and uptake in the songbird basal ganglia

scientific article published on 17 November 2004

Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei

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Rhythmic activity in a forebrain vocal control nucleus in vitro.

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Robo3-driven axon midline crossing conditions functional maturation of a large commissural synapse

scientific article published on 9 May 2013

Seasonal changes in intrinsic electrophysiological activity of song control neurons in wild song sparrows

scientific article published on 14 April 2007

Seasonal changes in patterns of gene expression in avian song control brain regions

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Seasonal-like plasticity of spontaneous firing rate in a songbird pre-motor nucleus.

scientific article published in August 2005

Serotonin, via HTR2 receptors, excites neurons in a cortical-like premotor nucleus necessary for song learning and production

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Songbirds and the revised avian brain nomenclature

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Steroid hormones act transsynaptically within the forebrain to regulate neuronal phenotype and song stereotypy.

scientific article published in October 2007

Striatal dopamine modulates basal ganglia output and regulates social context-dependent behavioral variability through D1 receptors

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Striatal dopamine modulates song spectral but not temporal features through D1 receptors.

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The Avian Brain Nomenclature Forum: Terminology for a New Century in Comparative Neuroanatomy

scientific article published on January 2004

The Balance Hypothesis for the Avian Lumbosacral Organ and an Exploration of its Morphological Variation

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

The Potential Effects of IGF-1 and GH on Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

scientific article published on March 31, 2011

The avian subpallium: new insights into structural and functional subdivisions occupying the lateral subpallial wall and their embryological origins

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The role of ultrasonic vocalizations in mouse communication

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Time course of changes in Gambel's white-crowned sparrow song behavior following transitions in breeding condition.

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Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect Resulting from a Motor Vehicle Collision

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Two tales of how expectation of reward modulates behavior

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Unitary IPSPs drive precise thalamic spiking in a circuit required for learning

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Using head-mounted ethanol sensors to monitor olfactory information and determine behavioral changes associated with ethanol-plume contact during mouse odor-guided navigation

scientific article published on 08 January 2021

Variation in sequence dynamics improves maintenance of stereotyped behavior in an example from bird song

scientific article published on 23 April 2019