Felix W Moll

How might the general motor system and the song system interact and contribute to flexible vocal behavior? We discuss this question in our brand-new review with lead author @Birb_brains. "Bridging the fields of cognition and birdsong with corvids" sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Now published in JCN: "Exploring Anatomical Links Between the Crow's Nidopallium Caudolaterale and Its Song System" In crows (which are songbirds!), we show that the song system is paralleled by the 'general motor system'. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out the heroic PhD work led by Ellie Hozhabri in the Long Lab, uncovering cell-type-specific inhibitory roles in the HVC circuit during courtship song in zebra finches. So grateful to have been part of to this amazing story! 👇🏼 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Underestimated females: A new study by @LabVallentin reveals the influence of females on song learning in zebra finches. Vocal feedback from females can activate a neural circuit in the brain of young males while they are learning their song, increasing its accuracy. Read more: bi.mpg.de/news/2024-10-v… Scientific publication: rdcu.be/dXdK1 Art: @mulesome

Excited to see our work on motor thalamus #dbs for upper-limb motor deficits after cerebral lesions published today: #neurotechnology #womeninstem nature.com/articles/s4146…

Super cool ad for my talk tomorrow! :)

Really excited to share the latest preprint from my lab @CSHL. Work done by @IskoEmily, a fantastic graduate student, in collaboration with @TonyZador. So what is this paper about?

Reactivate lost learning abilities in old age? New study by @LabVallentin shows how adult zebra finches can learn new songs beyond their critical period by manipulating inhibitory neurons! Find out more: bi.mpg.de/news/2024-09-v… Art by @mulesome

New preprint: The crow's "song system" appears to parallel the avian "general motor system" proposed by Farries (2001) Check out our unprecedented crow brain histology. Many thanks to co-first author Ylva Kersten! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Exploring Anatomical Links Between the Crow's Nidopallium Caudolaterale and its Song System biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

Amazing work by @Birb_brains setting the stage for unprecedented studies on how the avian brain gives rise to volitional vocal control:

Crows can control the number of vocalizations they produce, “counting” up to four in response to visual and auditory cues. The results in Science suggest the birds show a level of vocal control that mirrors the early counting skills of human toddlers. scim.ag/74f

Out now! Take a deep dive into the connections of the crow brain NCL (the "avian prefrontal cortex"). This research lays an anatomical foundation for my future functional studies of the crow brain. Many thanks to co-first author Ylva Kersten! eneuro.org/content/11/4/E…

Glad to see this study finally out in @NatureNeuro Many thanks to all co-authors Feng Chen, @ShaulDr @mlong11215 @NYULH_Neuro @CSHL nature.com/articles/s4159…

Our paper on nightingale whistle pitch matching is online now! 🐦‍⬛🎵🐦‍⬛@CurrentBiology cell.com/current-biolog… @MPIforBI @maxplanckpress

@CSHL @ArkarupBanerjee Congrats!!

🎶Sing it from the rooftops! CSHL Assistant Professor @arkarupbanerjee, whose work uses singing mice as a model to investigate the neural circuits in the brain, has been awarded the Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience. Congratulations! cshl.edu/banerjee-award…

cell.com/current-biolog… I am excited to share my new paper with @KatharinaBrecht and Andreas Nieder in @CurrentBiology titled "Crows flexibly apply statistical inferences based on previous experience."

The zebra finch’s ability to transition between syllables in its courtship songs is driven by the influence of the thalamus region of the brain and a set of neurons in another region of the brain associated with birdsong, according to a paper in @Nature. go.nature.com/3m6pboH

Read the full paper here (free access!): rdcu.be/c8ega

Nice wrap up of our (@mlong11215 , @elmaleh_m, @AriCorredera) recent work on how birdsong syllables can get initiated by thalamic drive in @NatRevNeurosci nature.com/articles/s4158…