Incomplete and Inaccurate Vocal Imitation after Knockdown of FoxP2 in Songbird Basal Ganglia Nucleus Area X
Haesler S, Rochefort C, Georgi B, Licznerski P, Osten P, Scharff C. Incomplete and Inaccurate Vocal Imitation after Knockdown of FoxP2 in Songbird Basal Ganglia Nucleus Area X. PLOS Biology 2007, 5: e321. PMID: 18052609, PMCID: PMC2100148, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental verbal dyspraxiaVocal imitationKnockdown of FoxP2Comprehension of grammarVocal motor learningSong learningWord productionMutations of FOXP2Neural parallelsLanguage disordersHuman speechHuman languageMotor learningFluent productionVerbal dyspraxiaSong ontogenyTutor songSpeechImitationBasal ganglia structuresAcoustic structureLearningGanglia structuresBasal gangliaFoxP2 levels