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Neuronal activity of the medullary nuclei in response to acoustic stimuli was studied by electrophysiology. Neuronal activity was recorded from three nuclei: magnocellular, angular, and laminar. Both tonic and phasic neurons of all nuclei demonstrated a strict dependence of their discharge on temporal patterns of acoustic stimuli. The medullary nuclei translated useful information on the duration of individual syllables and intervals. The obtained data are discussed in the context of acoustic transmission mechanisms and the intraspecific, interspecific, and interclass levels.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, No. 2, 2005, pp. 189–200.
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Zvonov, B.M. The mechanism of acoustic transmission in birds. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 32, 151–160 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10525-005-0023-4
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