Projects
Publications
Female calls promote song learning in malejuvenile zebra finches
Linda Bistere, Carlos M. Gomez-Guzman, Yirong Xiong, Daniela Vallentin
Nat Commun. 15:8938 (2024)
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong
Giacomo Costalunga, Daniela Vallentin, Jonathan I. Benichov
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 86:102867 (2024)
Disinhibition enables vocal repertoire expansion after a critical period
Fabian Heim, Ezequiel Mendoza, Avani Koparkar, Daniela Vallentin
Nat Commun. 15, 7565 (2024)
Wild nightingales flexibly match whistle pitch in real time
Giacomo Costalunga, Carolina Sanchez Carpena, Susanne Seltmann, Jonathan I. Benichov, Daniela Vallentin
Curr Biol. 33, 1–10 (2023)
High-density electrode recordings reveal strong and specific connections between retinal ganglion cells and midbrain neurons
Jérémie Sibille, Carolin Gehr, Jonathan I Benichov, Hymavathy Balasubramanian, Kai Lun Teh, Tatiana Lupashina, Daniela Vallentin & Jens Kremkow
Nat Commun 13, 5218 (2022)
Convergent behavioral strategies and neural computations during vocal turn-taking across diverse species
Arkarup Banerjee and Daniela Vallentin
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 73:102529 (2022)
A feedforward inhibitory premotor circuit for auditory–vocal interactions in zebra finches
Philipp Norton, Jonathan Benichov, Margarida Pexirra, Susanne Schreiber, Daniela Vallentin
PNAS. 119(23):e211844811 (2022)
Inhibition within a premotor circuit controls the timing of vocal turn-taking in zebra finches
Jonathan I Benichov and Daniela Vallentin
Nat Commun. 11(1):221 (2020)
