Acoustic communication is the major component of social behavior in anuran amphibians
(frogs and toads) and has served as a neuroethological model for the nervous system's …

Primates and songbirds can learn to recognize individual conspecifics based on complex
sensory cues; this requires a large, highly differentiated dorsal telencephalon. Here we …

While the neural circuitry and physiology of the auditory system is well studied among
vertebrates, far less is known about how the auditory system interacts with other neural …

Sex steroid hormones are potent regulators of behavior and they exert their effects through
influences on sensory, motor, and motivational systems. To elucidate where androgens and …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of the traits of the mammalian basal
ganglia (BG) that are pertinent to its identification in nonmammals. It reviews the modern …

Background During mate choice, individuals must classify potential mates according to
species identity and relative attractiveness. In many species, females do so by evaluating …

The ability to discriminate species and recognize individuals is crucial for reproductive
success and/or survival in most animals. However, the temporal order and neural …

Imprinting on kin occurs during the sixth day of larval development in zebrafish and depends
on olfactory signals. In rodents, the immediate early gene egr1 is involved in maintaining the …

Background Animal vocal signals encode very important information for communication
during which the importance of temporal and spectral characteristics of vocalizations is …

A striatum and pallidum have been basal ganglia constituents since early in vertebrate
evolution, underlining what is now known about their functional interrelatedness. The most …