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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 6, 1643-1661, Copyright © 1986 by Society for Neuroscience
Preference for autogenous song by auditory neurons in a song system nucleus of the white-crowned sparrow
D Margoliash
Neuronal activity in the hyperstriatum ventrale, pars caudale (HVc) is
associated with and necessary for the production of song by songbirds. HVc
neurons also respond to acoustic stimuli. The present investigation
assessed the auditory response properties of neurons in HVc by testing with
the individual bird's own (autogenous) song and the songs of conspecific
birds. Throughout HVc, multiunit clusters preferentially responded to
autogenous song. Selectivity for autogenous song was apparent even when
compared to similar intradialect songs, and neuronal clusters preferred
autogenous song over the (tutor) song model that birds heard during the
impressionable phase early in life. The responses to autogenous song were
stable in the adult. HVc neurons were sensitive to the acoustic parameters
of autogenous song and consistently exhibited a diminished response to
modified song. In contrast, field L neurons, which are presumed to be a
source of auditory input to HVc, did not exhibit selectivity for autogenous
song and showed no special sensitivity to the acoustic parameters of
autogenous song. These observations implicate song (motor) learning in
shaping the response properties of HVc, but not field L, auditory neurons.
It is proposed that HVc auditory neurons may contribute to a bird's ability
to discriminate among conspecific songs by acting as an "autogenous
reference" during perception of those songs.
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