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Stuttered Birdsong

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Birdsong is analogous to speech in terms of its role in communication, vocal motor control, auditory perception, and development. Songbirds such as zebra finches can therefore be used to model speech motor control disorders. In this chapter, we describe our efforts at developing a variant form of zebra finch song containing syllable repetitions that resemble part-word repetitions of developmental stuttering. We further discuss functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments that reveal changes in neural activations produced by song stimuli in syllable repeater birds. Finally, we present findings and review data to propose that synaptic plasticity and neuromodulatory mechanisms might play a role in the development of repetitive or oscillatory vocal output.

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This work was funded by NIH grants DC04778-01A1 (SAH) and MH073900-01 (SAH), NSF grants IOS 0956306 (HUV) and IOS 1065678 (SAH), grants from M. R. Bauer Foundation (DBR) and Lowin Medical Research Foundation (DBR), and Weill Cornell Medical College—The Methodist Hospital Research Institute collaboration grants (HUV and SAH).

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    Santosh A. Helekar M.B.B.S., Ph.D.

  2. Comparative Medicine Program, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA

    Delanthi Salgado-Commissariat B.S., Ph.D.

  3. Department of Neurology, The Methodist Hospital Neurological Institute, 6560 Fannin Street, Ste 802, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    David B. Rosenfield M.D.

  4. Department of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA

    Henning U. Voss Ph.D.

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Helekar, S.A., Salgado-Commissariat, D., Rosenfield, D.B., Voss, H.U. (2013). Stuttered Birdsong. In: Helekar, S. (eds) Animal Models of Speech and Language Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8400-4_7

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