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ArticleNature2026

A synaptic locus of song learning.

Drew C Schreiner, Samuel Brudner, Amanda Li, John Pearson, Richard Mooney

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Drew C SchreinerDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6596-4415
Samuel BrudnerDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Amanda LiDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-0098-7099
John PearsonDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9876-7837
Richard MooneyDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. mooney@neuro.duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3308-1367

Funding

Mechanisms for internally and externally guided sensorimotor learningR01NS099288 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MOONEY, RICHARD D · 2016 to 2025
$3.9M
Corticostriatal contributions to motor exploration and reinforcementRF1NS118424 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI GARDNER, TIMOTHY JAMES, LOIS, CARLOS · 2020 to 2020
$3.7M
Testing if and how 3-factor learning rules operate at cortico-basal ganglia synapses to drive motor skill learningK99NS144525 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Drew Clinton Schreiner · 2025 to 2026
$216k
Beyond dopamine: dual neuromodulator regulation of motor variability and learningF32MH132152 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SCHREINER, DREW CLINTON · 2023 to 2025
$165k
Testing a model of cortico-basal ganglia support for juvenile imitative learning in zebra finchesF31HD098772 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BRUDNER, SAMUEL · 2020 to 2021
$74k
NICHD NIH HHS F31 HD098772NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH132152NINDS NIH HHS K99 NS144525NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099288NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS118424
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Learning by imitation is the foundation for verbal and musical expression, but its neural basis remains unclear. A juvenile male zebra finch imitates the multisyllabic song of an adult tutor in a process that depends on a song-specialized cortico-basal ganglia circuit

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FinchesLearningSynapsesVocalization, AnimalAnimalsBasal GangliaCerebral CortexImitative BehaviorMaleNeuronal PlasticityOptogeneticsTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID42129558
PMCPMC13186389

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