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Breathtaking Songs: Coordinating the Neural Circuits for Breathing and Singing by Schmidt, Marc F, Goller, Franz

“…The vocal behavior of birds is remarkable for its diversity, and songs can feature elaborate characteristics such as long duration, rapid temporal pattern, and…”
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Proposing a neural framework for the evolution of elaborate courtship displays by Schwark, Ryan W, Fuxjager, Matthew J, Schmidt, Marc F

“…In many vertebrates, courtship occurs through the performance of elaborate behavioral displays that are as spectacular as they are complex. The question of how…”
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Achieving perfection through variability: the basal ganglia helped me do it by Schmidt, Marc F, Ding, Long

“…Motor variability can facilitate motor exploration necessary for learning. In this issue of Neuron, Woolley et al. (2014) record at different stages of the…”
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Sleep, off-line processing, and vocal learning by Margoliash, Daniel, Schmidt, Marc F.

“…The study of song learning and the neural song system has provided an important comparative model system for the study of speech and language acquisition. We…”
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Social brains in context: lesions targeted to the song control system in female cowbirds affect their social network by Maguire, Sarah E, Schmidt, Marc F, White, David J

“…Social experiences can organize physiological, neural, and reproductive function, but there are few experimental preparations that allow one to study the…”
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What birdsong can teach us about the central noradrenergic system by Castelino, Christina B., Schmidt, Marc F.

“…Increasing evidence indicates that the noradrenergic system plays a key role in biasing the nervous system towards producing behaviors that help animals adapt…”
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Bottom-Up Activation of the Vocal Motor Forebrain by the Respiratory Brainstem by Ashmore, Robin C, Renk, Jessica A, Schmidt, Marc F

“…Brainstem motor structures send output commands to the periphery and are dynamically modulated by telencephalic inputs. Little is known, however, about…”
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Brainstem and Forebrain Contributions to the Generation of Learned Motor Behaviors for Song by Ashmore, Robin C, Wild, J. Martin, Schmidt, Marc F

“…Brainstem nuclei have well established roles in generating nonlearned rhythmic behaviors or as output pathways for more complex, forebrain-generated behaviors…”
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Using both sides of your brain: the case for rapid interhemispheric switching by Schmidt, Marc F

“…Because the visual pathways in these animals are entirely crossed, the pattern of eye movements implies hemispheric switching at that same rate [15]. [...]they…”
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Toward a comparative understanding of beat perception and synchronization by Schmidt, Marc F, Kaplan, Michael

“…Abstract BPS provides unique opportunities for comparative studies to understand the mechanism(s) of beat perception and its translation into synchronous motor…”
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Noradrenergic Inputs Mediate State Dependence of Auditory Responses in the Avian Song System by Cardin, Jessica A, Schmidt, Marc F

“…Norepinephrine (NE) plays a complex role in the behavioral state-dependent regulation of sensory processing. However, the role of forebrain NE action in…”
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Hemispheric Coordination Is Necessary for Song Production in Adult Birds: Implications for a Dual Role for Forebrain Nuclei in Vocal Motor Control by Ashmore, Robin C, Bourjaily, Mark, Schmidt, Marc F

“…1 Department of Biology, 2 Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and 3 Department of Neuroscience, Brandeis…”
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Song System Auditory Responses Are Stable and Highly Tuned During Sedation, Rapidly Modulated and Unselective During Wakefulness, and Suppressed By Arousal by Cardin, Jessica A, Schmidt, Marc F

“…Department of Biology and Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Submitted 18 April 2003; accepted in final…”
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Auditory Responses in Multiple Sensorimotor Song System Nuclei Are Co-Modulated by Behavioral State by Cardin, Jessica A, Schmidt, Marc F

“…Department of Biology and Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Submitted 22 September 2003; accepted in…”
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Gating of auditory responses in the vocal control system of awake songbirds by Schmidt, Marc F, Konishi, Masakazu

“…Nucleus HVc of the avian song system is a forebrain structure critical in song production, perception and learning. Here we show that most HVc neurons that…”
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A neural circuit for vocal production responds to viscerosensory input in the songbird by Burke, Jessica E, Perkes, Ammon D, Perlegos, Alexandra E, Schmidt, Marc F

“…Motor performance is monitored continuously by specialized brain circuits and used adaptively to modify behavior on a moment-to-moment basis and over longer…”
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Distributed and Selective Auditory Representation of Song Repertoires in the Avian Song System by Nealen, Paul M, Schmidt, Marc F

“…1 Department of Biology and 2 Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Submitted 26 September 2005; accepted in…”
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The respiratory-vocal system of songbirds: anatomy, physiology, and neural control by Schmidt, Marc F, Martin Wild, J

“…This wide-ranging review presents an overview of the respiratory-vocal system in songbirds, which are the only other vertebrate group known to display a degree…”
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Bilateral Control and Interhemispheric Coordination in the Avian Song Motor System by SCHMIDT, MARC F., ASHMORE, ROBIN C., VU, ERIC T.

“…: Birdsong is a complex learned motor behavior controlled by an interconnected network of vocal control nuclei that are present in both cerebral hemispheres…”
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Regulation of vocal precision by noradrenergic modulation of a motor nucleus by Sheldon, Zachary P., Castelino, Christina B., Glaze, Christopher M., Bibu, Steve P., Yau, Elvina, Schmidt, Marc F.

“…Norepinephrine (NE) function is often implicated in regulating arousal levels. Recent theory suggests that the noradrenergic system also regulates the…”
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