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Birdsong study reveals how brain uses timing during motor activity

December 10, 2014 by

Timing is key for brain cells controlling a complex motor activity like the singing of a bird, finds a new study. The findings are the first to suggest that fine-scale timing of neurons is at least as important in motor systems as in sensory systems, and perhaps more critical.

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