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. 2021 Jun 21;31(12):R791-R793.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.064.

Basal ganglia: Bursting with song

Melissa J Coleman  1 , Stephanie A White  2
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Basal ganglia: Bursting with song

Melissa J Coleman et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

The songs of mature zebra finches are notoriously repetitious, or 'crystallized'. Despite this stability, new work reveals that chronic pharmacologically driven bursting of cortical inputs to the basal ganglia can drive cumulative and lasting changes to multiple vocal features, including phenomena reminiscent of human stuttering.

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