Nonlinear Model Predicts Diverse Respiratory Patterns of Birdsong

Marcos A. Trevisan, Gabriel B. Mindlin, and Franz Goller
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 058103 – Published 6 February 2006

Abstract

A central aspect of the motor control of birdsong production is the capacity to generate diverse respiratory rhythms, which determine the coarse temporal pattern of song. The neural mechanisms that underlie this diversity of respiratory gestures and the resulting acoustic syllables are largely unknown. We show that the respiratory patterns of the highly complex and variable temporal organization of song in the canary (Serinus canaria) can be generated as solutions of a simple model describing the integration between song control and respiratory centers. This example suggests that subharmonic behavior can play an important role in providing a complex variety of responses with minimal neural substrate.

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  • Received 29 April 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.058103

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Marcos A. Trevisan1, Gabriel B. Mindlin1,*, and Franz Goller2

  • 1Departamento de Física, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. I (1428) - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA

  • *Corresponding author.

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Vol. 96, Iss. 5 — 10 February 2006

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