Skip to main content

Umbrella menu

  • SfN.org
  • eNeuro
  • The Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neuronline
  • BrainFacts.org

Main menu

  • HOME
  • CONTENT
    • Early Release
    • Featured
    • Current Issue
    • Issue Archive
    • Collections
  • ALERTS
  • FOR AUTHORS
    • Preparing a Manuscript
    • Submission Guidelines
    • Fees
    • Journal Club
    • eLetters
    • Submit
  • EDITORIAL BOARD
  • ABOUT
    • Overview
    • Advertise
    • For the Media
    • Rights and Permissions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Feedback
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • SfN.org
  • eNeuro
  • The Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neuronline
  • BrainFacts.org

User menu

  • Log in
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Journal of Neuroscience
  • Log in
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • My Cart
Journal of Neuroscience

Advanced Search

Submit a Manuscript
  • HOME
  • CONTENT
    • Early Release
    • Featured
    • Current Issue
    • Issue Archive
    • Collections
  • ALERTS
  • FOR AUTHORS
    • Preparing a Manuscript
    • Submission Guidelines
    • Fees
    • Journal Club
    • eLetters
    • Submit
  • EDITORIAL BOARD
  • ABOUT
    • Overview
    • Advertise
    • For the Media
    • Rights and Permissions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Feedback
  • SUBSCRIBE
PreviousNext
Viewpoints

Generation, Coordination, and Evolution of Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication

Darcy B. Kelley, Irene H. Ballagh, Charlotte L. Barkan, Andres Bendesky, Taffeta M. Elliott, Ben J. Evans, Ian C. Hall, Young Mi Kwon, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Elizabeth C. Leininger, Emilie C. Perez, Heather J. Rhodes, Avelyne Villain, Ayako Yamaguchi and Erik Zornik
Journal of Neuroscience 2 January 2020, 40 (1) 22-36; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0736-19.2019
Darcy B. Kelley
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Darcy B. Kelley
Irene H. Ballagh
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
2Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T132, Canada,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Charlotte L. Barkan
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
3Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Charlotte L. Barkan
Andres Bendesky
4Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology and Zuckerman Mind, Brain, Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Andres Bendesky
Taffeta M. Elliott
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
5Department of Psychology and Education, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Taffeta M. Elliott
Ben J. Evans
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
7Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Ian C. Hall
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
8Department of Biology, Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois 60532,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Young Mi Kwon
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
4Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology and Zuckerman Mind, Brain, Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Ursula Kwong-Brown
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Elizabeth C. Leininger
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
6Division of Natural Sciences, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida 34243,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Emilie C. Perez
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Heather J. Rhodes
9Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215,
10Department of Biology, Denison University, Granville, Ohio 43023, and
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Heather J. Rhodes
Avelyne Villain
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Ayako Yamaguchi
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
9Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215,
11School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Ayako Yamaguchi
Erik Zornik
1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
3Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202,
9Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215,
11School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • eLetters
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0736-19.2019
PubMed 
31896561
Published By 
Society for Neuroscience
History 
  • Received April 1, 2019
  • Revision received December 2, 2019
  • Accepted December 4, 2019
  • First published January 2, 2020.
  • Version of record published January 2, 2020.
Copyright & Usage 
Copyright © 2020 the authors

Author Information

  1. Darcy B. Kelley1,
  2. Irene H. Ballagh1,2,
  3. Charlotte L. Barkan1,3,
  4. Andres Bendesky4,
  5. Taffeta M. Elliott1,5,
  6. Ben J. Evans1,7,
  7. Ian C. Hall1,8,
  8. Young Mi Kwon1,4,
  9. Ursula Kwong-Brown1,
  10. Elizabeth C. Leininger1,6,
  11. Emilie C. Perez1,
  12. Heather J. Rhodes9,10,
  13. Avelyne Villain1,
  14. Ayako Yamaguchi1,9,11, and
  15. Erik Zornik1,3,9,11
  1. 1Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
  2. 2Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T132, Canada,
  3. 3Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202,
  4. 4Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology and Zuckerman Mind, Brain, Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027,
  5. 5Department of Psychology and Education, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801,
  6. 6Division of Natural Sciences, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida 34243,
  7. 7Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada,
  8. 8Department of Biology, Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois 60532,
  9. 9Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215,
  10. 10Department of Biology, Denison University, Granville, Ohio 43023, and
  11. 11School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
  • I.H. Ballagh's present addresses: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T132, Canada.

  • C.L. Barkan's present address: Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202.

  • T.M. Elliott's present address: Department of Psychology and Education, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801.

  • B.J. Evans' present address: Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, L8S 4L8, Canada.

  • I.C. Hall's present address: Department of Biology, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL 60532.

  • E.C. Leininger's present address: Division of Natural Sciences, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL 34243.

  • H. Rhodes' present address: Department of Biology, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023.

  • A. Yamaguchi's present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.

  • E. Zornik's present address: Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202.

View Full Text

Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: D.R.K., I.H.B., C.L.B., A.B., T.M.E., B.J.E., I.C.H., Y.M.K., U.K.-B., E.C.L., E.C.P., H.J.R., A.V., A.Y., and E.Z. designed research; D.R.K., I.H.B., C.L.B., A.B., T.M.E., B.J.E., I.C.H., Y.M.K., U.K.-B., E.C.L., E.C.P., H.J.R., A.V., A.Y., and E.Z. performed research; all authors analyzed data; D.B.K. wrote the paper.

  • I.H. Ballagh's present addresses: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T132, Canada.

  • C.L. Barkan's present address: Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202.

  • T.M. Elliott's present address: Department of Psychology and Education, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801.

  • B.J. Evans' present address: Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, L8S 4L8, Canada.

  • I.C. Hall's present address: Department of Biology, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL 60532.

  • E.C. Leininger's present address: Division of Natural Sciences, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL 34243.

  • H. Rhodes' present address: Department of Biology, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023.

  • A. Yamaguchi's present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.

  • E. Zornik's present address: Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202.

Disclosures

    • Received April 1, 2019.
    • Revision received December 2, 2019.
    • Accepted December 4, 2019.
  • This work was supported by the Sloan Foundation, National Institutes of Health R01 NS23684, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professorship, a MBL Whitman Fellowship, and research funds associated with the Weintraub Chair (D.B.K.); Columbia RISE award (D.B.K. and A.B.); Searle Scholarship, Klingenstein–Simons Fellowship Award in Neurosciences, and Sloan Foundation Fellowship (A.B.); Fulbright International Science and Technology Graduate Fellowship (I.H.B.), National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (D.B.K., C.L.B., T.M.E.), the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN/283102-2012 and RGPIN-2017-05770 (B.J.E.) National Institutes of Health F32 GM103266 and Revson post-doctoral fellowships (I.C.H.), a post-doctoral Fulbright Award (E.C.P.), NIH National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship NS054391, R.C. Good Fellowship (H.J.R.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Grant RO1 NS048834, Clare Boothe Luce Professorship, NSF IOS 1146501,1557945 (A.Y.); NIH National Research Service Award DC6743-2, National Institutes of Health NS2091977, National Science Foundation IOS 1755423 (E.Z.). We acknowledge the key contributions of Dr. Martha Tobias (Senior Research Scientist, Columbia University, emerita) to the research trajectory described here: the initial mapping of the vocal circuit, the vox in vitro larynx preparation and mechanism of sound production, the mechanisms for sexual differentiation of the vocal neuromuscular synapse, and the characterization of vocalizations across social contexts and species.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Darcy B. Kelley at dbk3{at}columbia.edu

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Article usage

Select a custom date range for the past year
E.g., 2021-03-08
to
E.g., 2021-03-08

Article usage: December 2019 to March 2021

AbstractFullPdf
Dec 2019111
Total 2019111
Jan 20201583855228
Feb 202024723557
Mar 20201708023
Apr 202012013260
May 2020898239
Jun 2020859821
Jul 2020897445
Aug 2020679339
Sep 2020689730
Oct 20207811639
Nov 2020808745
Dec 2020968133
Total 202027722030659
Jan 20218414039
Feb 2021568943
Mar 2021143220
Total 2021154261102
Total29272292762
Back to top

In this issue

The Journal of Neuroscience: 40 (1)
Journal of Neuroscience
Vol. 40, Issue 1
2 Jan 2020
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • About the Cover
  • Index by author
  • Advertising (PDF)
  • Ed Board (PDF)
Email

Thank you for sharing this Journal of Neuroscience article.

NOTE: We request your email address only to inform the recipient that it was you who recommended this article, and that it is not junk mail. We do not retain these email addresses.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Generation, Coordination, and Evolution of Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from Journal of Neuroscience
(Your Name) thought you would be interested in this article in Journal of Neuroscience.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Print
View Full Page PDF
Citation Tools
Generation, Coordination, and Evolution of Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication
Darcy B. Kelley, Irene H. Ballagh, Charlotte L. Barkan, Andres Bendesky, Taffeta M. Elliott, Ben J. Evans, Ian C. Hall, Young Mi Kwon, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Elizabeth C. Leininger, Emilie C. Perez, Heather J. Rhodes, Avelyne Villain, Ayako Yamaguchi, Erik Zornik
Journal of Neuroscience 2 January 2020, 40 (1) 22-36; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0736-19.2019

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Respond to this article
Request Permissions
Share
Generation, Coordination, and Evolution of Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication
Darcy B. Kelley, Irene H. Ballagh, Charlotte L. Barkan, Andres Bendesky, Taffeta M. Elliott, Ben J. Evans, Ian C. Hall, Young Mi Kwon, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Elizabeth C. Leininger, Emilie C. Perez, Heather J. Rhodes, Avelyne Villain, Ayako Yamaguchi, Erik Zornik
Journal of Neuroscience 2 January 2020, 40 (1) 22-36; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0736-19.2019
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo CiteULike logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • eLetters
  • PDF

Keywords

  • duets
  • song
  • hindbrain
  • CPG
  • neuroendocrine
  • parabrachial

Responses to this article

Respond to this article

Jump to comment:

No eLetters have been published for this article.

Related Articles

Cited By...

More in this TOC Section

  • How to Interpret Resting-State fMRI: Ask Your Participants
  • A Pictorial History of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton
  • Linking Social Cognition to Learning and Memory
Show more Viewpoints

Subjects

  • 50th Anniversary
  • Home
  • Alerts
  • Visit Society for Neuroscience on Facebook
  • Follow Society for Neuroscience on Twitter
  • Follow Society for Neuroscience on LinkedIn
  • Visit Society for Neuroscience on Youtube
  • Follow our RSS feeds

Content

  • Early Release
  • Current Issue
  • Issue Archive
  • Collections

Information

  • For Authors
  • For Advertisers
  • For the Media
  • For Subscribers

About

  • About the Journal
  • Editorial Board
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Feedback
(JNeurosci logo)
(SfN logo)

Copyright © 2021 by the Society for Neuroscience.
JNeurosci Online ISSN: 1529-2401

The ideas and opinions expressed in JNeurosci do not necessarily reflect those of SfN or the JNeurosci Editorial Board. Publication of an advertisement or other product mention in JNeurosci should not be construed as an endorsement of the manufacturer’s claims. SfN does not assume any responsibility for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising from or related to any use of any material contained in JNeurosci.