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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 1, 2000, 20(13):5054-5064
Age at Deafening Affects the Stability of Learned Song in Adult
Male Zebra Finches
Anthony J.
Lombardino and
Fernando
Nottebohm
The Rockefeller University, Field Research Center for Ecology and
Ethology, Millbrook, New York 12545
Male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) master the
imitation of a song model 80-90 d after hatching and retain it with
little change for the rest of their lives. Acquisition and maintenance of this imitation require intact hearing. A previous report showed that
male zebra finches deafened as adults start to lose some of the
acoustic and temporal features of their song a few weeks after
deafening and that by 16 weeks the learned song is severely degraded
(Nordeen and Nordeen, 1992). However, this previous study noted no
correlation between the age at deafening and the subsequent timing and
extent of song loss. We deafened adult male zebra finches ranging in
age from 81 d to 6 years. The song of birds deafened at the
younger ages (81-175 d) deteriorated severely after a few weeks, and
within that age bracket, the older the bird was at deafening, the
longer it took for this degradation to occur and the slower the
subsequent process of song deterioration. The song of birds deafened at
2 years and older showed little change during the first 51 weeks after
deafening but was grossly altered by 100 weeks. We suggest (1)
that this age effect could be independent of experience or (2) that
each time a bird sings, a little bit of learning motor
engrainmentoccurs, adding to memory duration in a cumulative manner.
Key words:
song system; vocal learning; zebra finch; deafness; auditory experience; motor memory
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