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Central Patterning of a Vocalization in Fowl

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BROWN1 has described a region of the lateral tegmental gray in red-winged blackbirds where focal electrical stimulation regularly produces alarm calls with very low stimulus intensities. We have found that stimulation of the same structure in chickens (stereotoxic co-ordinates A 4, L 4.5, V 4; ref. 2) produces clucking, which is an alarm call in this species. We present here evidence that this clucking is patterned in the central nervous system and does not depend on phasic input for its timing. This behaviour is favourable for analysis because the response is easily obtained under deep anaesthesia, making possible surgical manipulations.

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  1. R. K. MURPHEY

    Present address: Department of Biology, University of Oregon,

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  1. Animal Science Department, University of Minnesota,

    R. K. MURPHEY & R. E. PHILLIPS

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MURPHEY, R., PHILLIPS, R. Central Patterning of a Vocalization in Fowl. Nature 216, 1125–1126 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2161125a0

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