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The Neural Control of Vocalization in Mammals: A Review

Jürgens, U.·2009·Journal of Voice
DOI 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.07.005
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The review describes a model of vocal control, based mainly on research in the squirrel monkey, which consists of two hierarchically organized pathways. One runs from the anterior cingulate cortex via the periaqueductal gray (PAG) into the reticular formation of pons and medulla oblongata, and from there to the phonatory motoneurons. This pathway controls the readiness to vocalize. Although the anterior cingulate cortex in this pathway plays a role in voluntary initiation of vocal behavior, the PAG is involved in vocal gating at a more elementary level. The second pathway runs from the motor cortex via the reticular formation to the phonatory motoneurons and includes two feedback loops providing the motor cortex with preprocessed information needed by the latter to generate the final motor commands. One of these feedback loops involves the basal ganglia and the other the cerebellum. The motor cortex together with its feedback loops is involved in the production of learned vocal patterns. These structures seem to be dispensable, however, for the production of innate vocal patterns, such as the nonverbal emotional vocal utterances of humans and most nonhuman mammalian vocalizations. These innate vocal patterns seem to be generated in the pontine and medullary reticular formation.

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  • There is well-documented evidence for anatomical circuitry underlying specific actions in mammals, such as vocalizations, maternal behavior, freezing, startle, attack, and appetitive behavior.

    “There is well-documented evidence for the anatomical circuitry underlying specific actions such as vocalizations (Jürgens 2009), maternal behavior (e.g., pup retrieval, grooming, nest building, and nursing; Numan 2007), freezing (Fanselow & Poulos 2005), startle (Davis et al. 2008; Lang et al. 2000), attack (Blanchard & Blanchard 2003) and appetitive behavior (Berridge & Kringelbach 2008; Shultz 2”

    From The brain basis of emotion: a meta-analytic review (2012) · cites this paper as Jürgens 2009

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Authors
Jürgens, U.
Affiliations
German Primate Center (DE)
Corresponding author
Jürgens, U.
Venue
Journal of Voice
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-01
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
1-10
ISSN
0892-1997 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.07.005
OpenAlex
W2007159602
Cited by
485
References
2
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Voice (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Voice and Speech Disorders
Keywords
vocalizations, vocal control, neural pathways, anterior cingulate cortex, periaqueductal gray, reticular formation, motor cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum, emotional vocalizations, squirrel monkey
MeSH terms
Animals, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Motivation, Motor Neurons, Neural Pathways, Saimiri, Vocalization, Animal, Sensory Gating

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