Publications

Person AL, Perkel DJ. Unitary IPSPs Drive Precise Thalamic Spiking in a Circuit Required for Learning. Neuron 2005 Apr 7;46(1):129-40.

Park KH, Meitzen J, Moore IT, Brenowitz EA, Perkel DJ. Seasonal-like plasticity of spontaneous firing rate in a songbird pre-motor nucleus. J Neurobiol. 2005 Apr 7:epub

Solis MM, Perkel DJ. Rhythmic activity in a forebrain vocal control nucleus in vitro. J Neurosci. 2005 Mar 16;25(11):2811-22.

Farries MA, Meitzen J, Perkel DJ. Electrophysiological Properties of Neurons in the Basal Ganglia of the Domestic Chick: Conservation and Divergence in the Evolution of the Avian Basal Ganglia. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Mar 16:epub

Jarvis ED, Gunturkun O, Bruce L, Csillag A, Karten H, Kuenzel W, Medina L, Paxinos G, Perkel DJ, Shimizu T, Striedter G, Wild JM, Ball GF, Dugas-Ford J, Durand SE, Hough GE, Husband S, Kubikova L, Lee DW, Mello CV, Powers A, Siang C, Smulders TV, Wada K, White SA, Yamamoto K, Yu J, Reiner A, Butler AB; Avian Brain Nomenclature Consortium. Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005 Feb;6(2):151-9. Review.

Reiner A, Perkel DJ, Mello CV, Jarvis ED. Songbirds and the revised avian brain nomenclature. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Jun;1016:77-108. Review.

Reiner A, Perkel DJ, Bruce LL, Butler AB, Csillag A, Kuenzel W, Medina L, Paxinos G, Shimizu T, Striedter G, Wild M, Ball GF, Durand S, Gunturkun O, Lee DW, Mello CV, Powers A, White SA, Hough G, Kubikova L, Smulders TV, Wada K, Dugas-Ford J, Husband S, Yamamoto K, Yu J, Siang C, Jarvis ED; Avian Brain Nomenclature Forum. Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei. J Comp Neurol. 2004 May 31;473(3):377-414.

Ding L, Perkel DJ. Long-term potentiation in an avian basal ganglia nucleus essential for vocal learning. J Neurosci. 2004 Jan 14;24(2):488-94.

Ding L, Perkel DJ, Farries MA. Presynaptic depression of glutamatergic synaptic transmission by D1-like dopamine receptor activation in the avian basal ganglia. J. Neurosci. 2003 23:6086.

Luo M, Perkel DJ. Intrinsic and synaptic properties of neurons in an avian thalamic nucleus during song learning. J Neurophysiol. 2002 Oct;88(4):1903-14.

Farries MA, Perkel DJ. A telencephalic nucleus essential for song learning contains neurons with physiological characteristics of both striatum and globus pallidus. J Neurosci. 2002 May 1;22(9):3776-87.

Perkel DJ, Farries MA, Luo M, Ding L. Electrophysiological analysis of a songbird basal ganglia circuit essential for vocal plasticity. Brain Res Bull. 2002 Feb-Mar 1;57(3-4):529-32. Review.

Luo M, Ding L, Perkel DJ. An avian basal ganglia pathway essential for vocal learning forms a closed topographic loop. J Neurosci. 2001 Sep 1;21(17):6836-45.

Perkel DJ, Farries MA. Complementary 'bottom-up' and 'top-down' approaches to basal ganglia function. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2000 Dec;10(6):725-31. Review.

Dutar P, Petrozzino JJ, Vu HM, Schmidt MF, Perkel DJ. Slow synaptic inhibition mediated by metabotropic glutamate receptor activation of GIRK channels. J Neurophysiol. 2000 Nov;84(5):2284-90.

Perkel Lab Cellular Mechanisms of Birdsong Learning
Research	Publications Person AL, Perkel DJ. Unitary IPSPs Drive Precise Thalamic Spiking in a Circuit Required for Learning. Neuron 2005 Apr 7;46(1):129-40. Park KH, Meitzen J, Moore IT, Brenowitz EA, Perkel DJ. Seasonal-like plasticity of spontaneous firing rate in a songbird pre-motor nucleus. J Neurobiol. 2005 Apr 7:epub Solis MM, Perkel DJ. Rhythmic activity in a forebrain vocal control nucleus in vitro. J Neurosci. 2005 Mar 16;25(11):2811-22. Farries MA, Meitzen J, Perkel DJ. Electrophysiological Properties of Neurons in the Basal Ganglia of the Domestic Chick: Conservation and Divergence in the Evolution of the Avian Basal Ganglia. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Mar 16:epub Farries MA, Ding L, Perkel DJ. Evidence for "direct" and "indirect" pathways through the song system basal ganglia. J Comp Neurol. 2005 Mar 28;484(1):93-104. Jarvis ED, Gunturkun O, Bruce L, Csillag A, Karten H, Kuenzel W, Medina L, Paxinos G, Perkel DJ, Shimizu T, Striedter G, Wild JM, Ball GF, Dugas-Ford J, Durand SE, Hough GE, Husband S, Kubikova L, Lee DW, Mello CV, Powers A, Siang C, Smulders TV, Wada K, White SA, Yamamoto K, Yu J, Reiner A, Butler AB; Avian Brain Nomenclature Consortium. Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005 Feb;6(2):151-9. Review. Gale SD, Perkel DJ. Properties of dopamine release and uptake in the songbird basal ganglia. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Apr;93(4):1871-9. Perkel DJ. Origin of the anterior forebrain pathway. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Jun;1016:736-48. Review. Reiner A, Perkel DJ, Mello CV, Jarvis ED. Songbirds and the revised avian brain nomenclature. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Jun;1016:77-108. Review. Reiner A, Perkel DJ, Bruce LL, Butler AB, Csillag A, Kuenzel W, Medina L, Paxinos G, Shimizu T, Striedter G, Wild M, Ball GF, Durand S, Gunturkun O, Lee DW, Mello CV, Powers A, White SA, Hough G, Kubikova L, Smulders TV, Wada K, Dugas-Ford J, Husband S, Yamamoto K, Yu J, Siang C, Jarvis ED; Avian Brain Nomenclature Forum. Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei. J Comp Neurol. 2004 May 31;473(3):377-414. Ding L, Perkel DJ. Long-term potentiation in an avian basal ganglia nucleus essential for vocal learning. J Neurosci. 2004 Jan 14;24(2):488-94. Ding L, Perkel DJ, Farries MA. Presynaptic depression of glutamatergic synaptic transmission by D1-like dopamine receptor activation in the avian basal ganglia. J. Neurosci. 2003 23:6086. Luo M, Perkel DJ. Intrinsic and synaptic properties of neurons in an avian thalamic nucleus during song learning. J Neurophysiol. 2002 Oct;88(4):1903-14. Ding L, Perkel DJ. Dopamine modulates excitability of spiny neurons in the avian basal ganglia. J Neurosci. 2002 Jun 15;22(12):5210-8. Farries MA, Perkel DJ. A telencephalic nucleus essential for song learning contains neurons with physiological characteristics of both striatum and globus pallidus. J Neurosci. 2002 May 1;22(9):3776-87. Perkel DJ, Farries MA, Luo M, Ding L. Electrophysiological analysis of a songbird basal ganglia circuit essential for vocal plasticity. Brain Res Bull. 2002 Feb-Mar 1;57(3-4):529-32. Review. Luo M, Ding L, Perkel DJ. An avian basal ganglia pathway essential for vocal learning forms a closed topographic loop. J Neurosci. 2001 Sep 1;21(17):6836-45. Perkel DJ, Farries MA. Complementary 'bottom-up' and 'top-down' approaches to basal ganglia function. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2000 Dec;10(6):725-31. Review. Farries MA, Perkel DJ. Electrophysiological properties of avian basal ganglia neurons recorded in vitro. J Neurophysiol. 2000 Nov;84(5):2502-13. Dutar P, Petrozzino JJ, Vu HM, Schmidt MF, Perkel DJ. Slow synaptic inhibition mediated by metabotropic glutamate receptor activation of GIRK channels. J Neurophysiol. 2000 Nov;84(5):2284-90. Nealen PM, Perkel DJ. Sexual dimorphism in the song system of the Carolina wren Thryothorus ludovicianus. J Comp Neurol. 2000 Mar 13;418(3):346-60.
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