Subcortical Contributions to Motor Speech: Phylogenetic, Developmental, Clinical

• Published in: Trends in neurosciences (Regular ed.) Vol. 40; no. 8; pp. 458 - 468
• Main Authors: Ziegler, W., Ackermann, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2017
• Subjects: Animals; basal ganglia; birdsong; Brain - growth & development; Brain - physiology; cerebellum development; Humans; Learning - physiology; Motor Skills - physiology; Speech - physiology; Speech Disorders - genetics; Speech Disorders - physiopathology; speech motor control; vocal learning; Vocalization, Animal - physiology; speech motor control; vocal learning; basal ganglia; cerebellum development; birdsong

Vocal learning is an exclusively human trait among primates. However, songbirds demonstrate behavioral features resembling human speech learning. Two circuits have a preeminent role in this human behavior; namely, the corticostriatal and the cerebrocerebellar motor loops. While the striatal contribu...