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spelling todo:paper_00223077_v114_n5_p2912_Boari2023-10-03T14:30:59Z Automatic reconstruction of physiological gestures used in a model of birdsong production Boari, S. Perl, Y.S. Amador, A. Margoliash, D. Mindlin, G.B. Bird’s own song Dynamical systems Modeling software Peripheral vocal production model Vocal learning animal experiment Article automation biomechanics breathing muscle dynamics electrophysiology gesture male morphology motor control nonhuman priority journal Taeniopygia guttata telencephalon vocal cord vocalization action potential animal animal structures automated pattern recognition biological model computer simulation finch high vocal center nerve cell physiology procedures sound sound detection trachea vocalization Action Potentials Animal Structures Animals Computer Simulation Finches High Vocal Center Models, Neurological Neurons Pattern Recognition, Automated Sound Sound Spectrography Trachea Vocalization, Animal Highly coordinated learned behaviors are key to understanding neural processes integrating the body and the environment. Birdsong production is a widely studied example of such behavior in which numerous thoracic muscles control respiratory inspiration and expiration: the muscles of the syrinx control syringeal membrane tension, while upper vocal tract morphology controls resonances that modulate the vocal system output. All these muscles have to be coordinated in precise sequences to generate the elaborate vocalizations that characterize an individual's song. Previously we used a low-dimensional description of the biomechanics of birdsong production to investigate the associated neural codes, an approach that complements traditional spectrographic analysis. The prior study used algorithmic yet manual procedures to model singing behavior. In the present work, we present an automatic procedure to extract low-dimensional motor gestures that could predict vocal behavior. We recorded zebra finch songs and generated synthetic copies automatically, using a biomechanical model for the vocal apparatus and vocal tract. This dynamical model described song as a sequence of physiological parameters the birds control during singing. To validate this procedure, we recorded electrophysiological activity of the telencephalic nucleus HVC. HVC neurons were highly selective to the auditory presentation of the bird's own song (BOS) and gave similar selective responses to the automatically generated synthetic model of song (AUTO). Our results demonstrate meaningful dimensionality reduction in terms of physiological parameters that individual birds could actually control. Furthermore, this methodology can be extended to other vocal systems to study fine motor control. © 2015 the American Physiological Society. Fil:Amador, A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00223077_v114_n5_p2912_Boari
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topic Bird’s own song
Dynamical systems
Modeling software
Peripheral vocal production model
Vocal learning
animal experiment
Article
automation
biomechanics
breathing muscle
dynamics
electrophysiology
gesture
male
morphology
motor control
nonhuman
priority journal
Taeniopygia guttata
telencephalon
vocal cord
vocalization
action potential
animal
animal structures
automated pattern recognition
biological model
computer simulation
finch
high vocal center
nerve cell
physiology
procedures
sound
sound detection
trachea
vocalization
Action Potentials
Animal Structures
Animals
Computer Simulation
Finches
High Vocal Center
Models, Neurological
Neurons
Pattern Recognition, Automated
Sound
Sound Spectrography
Trachea
Vocalization, Animal
spellingShingle Bird’s own song
Dynamical systems
Modeling software
Peripheral vocal production model
Vocal learning
animal experiment
Article
automation
biomechanics
breathing muscle
dynamics
electrophysiology
gesture
male
morphology
motor control
nonhuman
priority journal
Taeniopygia guttata
telencephalon
vocal cord
vocalization
action potential
animal
animal structures
automated pattern recognition
biological model
computer simulation
finch
high vocal center
nerve cell
physiology
procedures
sound
sound detection
trachea
vocalization
Action Potentials
Animal Structures
Animals
Computer Simulation
Finches
High Vocal Center
Models, Neurological
Neurons
Pattern Recognition, Automated
Sound
Sound Spectrography
Trachea
Vocalization, Animal
Boari, S.
Perl, Y.S.
Amador, A.
Margoliash, D.
Mindlin, G.B.
Automatic reconstruction of physiological gestures used in a model of birdsong production
topic_facet Bird’s own song
Dynamical systems
Modeling software
Peripheral vocal production model
Vocal learning
animal experiment
Article
automation
biomechanics
breathing muscle
dynamics
electrophysiology
gesture
male
morphology
motor control
nonhuman
priority journal
Taeniopygia guttata
telencephalon
vocal cord
vocalization
action potential
animal
animal structures
automated pattern recognition
biological model
computer simulation
finch
high vocal center
nerve cell
physiology
procedures
sound
sound detection
trachea
vocalization
Action Potentials
Animal Structures
Animals
Computer Simulation
Finches
High Vocal Center
Models, Neurological
Neurons
Pattern Recognition, Automated
Sound
Sound Spectrography
Trachea
Vocalization, Animal
description Highly coordinated learned behaviors are key to understanding neural processes integrating the body and the environment. Birdsong production is a widely studied example of such behavior in which numerous thoracic muscles control respiratory inspiration and expiration: the muscles of the syrinx control syringeal membrane tension, while upper vocal tract morphology controls resonances that modulate the vocal system output. All these muscles have to be coordinated in precise sequences to generate the elaborate vocalizations that characterize an individual's song. Previously we used a low-dimensional description of the biomechanics of birdsong production to investigate the associated neural codes, an approach that complements traditional spectrographic analysis. The prior study used algorithmic yet manual procedures to model singing behavior. In the present work, we present an automatic procedure to extract low-dimensional motor gestures that could predict vocal behavior. We recorded zebra finch songs and generated synthetic copies automatically, using a biomechanical model for the vocal apparatus and vocal tract. This dynamical model described song as a sequence of physiological parameters the birds control during singing. To validate this procedure, we recorded electrophysiological activity of the telencephalic nucleus HVC. HVC neurons were highly selective to the auditory presentation of the bird's own song (BOS) and gave similar selective responses to the automatically generated synthetic model of song (AUTO). Our results demonstrate meaningful dimensionality reduction in terms of physiological parameters that individual birds could actually control. Furthermore, this methodology can be extended to other vocal systems to study fine motor control. © 2015 the American Physiological Society.
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author Boari, S.
Perl, Y.S.
Amador, A.
Margoliash, D.
Mindlin, G.B.
author_facet Boari, S.
Perl, Y.S.
Amador, A.
Margoliash, D.
Mindlin, G.B.
author_sort Boari, S.
title Automatic reconstruction of physiological gestures used in a model of birdsong production
title_short Automatic reconstruction of physiological gestures used in a model of birdsong production
title_full Automatic reconstruction of physiological gestures used in a model of birdsong production
title_fullStr Automatic reconstruction of physiological gestures used in a model of birdsong production
title_full_unstemmed Automatic reconstruction of physiological gestures used in a model of birdsong production
title_sort automatic reconstruction of physiological gestures used in a model of birdsong production
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