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Roberts TF, Klein ME, Kubke MF, Wild JM, Mooney R. Telencephalic neurons monosynaptically link brainstem and forebrain premotor networks necessary for song. J Neurosci. 2008 Mar 26;28(13):3479-89.

Bauer EE, Coleman MJ, Roberts TF, Roy A, Prather JF, Mooney R. A synaptic basis for auditory-vocal integration in the songbird.  J Neurosci. 2008 Feb 6;28(6):1509-22.

Prather JF, Peters S, Nowicki S, Mooney R. Precise auditory-vocal mirroring in neurons for learned vocal communication. Nature. 2008 Jan 17;451(7176):305-10.

Coleman MJ, Roy A, Wild JM, Mooney R. Thalamic gating of auditory responses in telencephalic song control nuclei. J Neurosci. 2007 Sep 12;27(37):10024-36.

Roy A, Mooney R. Auditory plasticity in a basal ganglia-forebrain pathway during decrystallization of adult birdsong. J Neurosci. 2007 Jun 13;27(24):6374-87.

Roberts TF, Wild JM, Kubke MF, Mooney R. Homogeneity of intrinsic properties of sexually dimorphic vocal motoneurons in male and female zebra finches. J Comp Neurol. 2007 May 1;502(1):157-69.

Lei H, Mooney R, Katz LC. Synaptic integration of olfactory information in mouse anterior olfactory nucleus. J Neurosci. 2006 Nov 15;26(46):12023-32.

Rosen MJ, Mooney R. Synaptic interactions underlying song-selectivity in the avian nucleus HVC revealed by dual intracellular recordings. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Feb;95(2):1158-75

Kubke MF, Yazaki-Sugiyama Y, Mooney R, Wild JM. Physiology of neuronal subtypes in the respiratory-vocal integration nucleus retroamigualis of the male zebra finch. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Oct;94(4):2379-90. Epub 2005 May 31.

Mooney, R and J Prather (2005) The HVC microcircuit: the synaptic basis for interactions between song motor and vocal plasticity pathways. J Neurosci: 25 (8):
Kittelberger, M. and R. Mooney (2005). Acute Injections of BDNF in a vocal premotor nucleus reversibly disrupt adult birdsong stability and trigger syllable deletion. J Neurobiol 62: 406-424.
Wild, JM, Williams, MN, Howie, GJ and R Mooney (2005) Calcium binding proteins define interneurons in HVC of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). J Comp Neurol 483:76-90.
Coleman, M and R Mooney. (2004) Synaptic transformations underlying highly selective auditory representations of learned birdsong. Journal of Neuroscience 24(33): 7251-7265.
Prather, J. and R. Mooney (2004) Neural correlates of learned song in the avian forebrain: simultaneous representation of self and others. Current Opinions in Neurobiology 14: 1-7.
Sugiyama, Y.-Y. and R. Mooney (2004) Sequential learning from multiple tutors and serial retuning of neurons in a brain area important to birdsong learning. J Neurophys 92: 2771-88.
Rosen, M.J. and R. Mooney (2003) Inhibitory and excitatory mechanisms underlying auditory responses to learned vocalizations in the songbird nucleus HVC. Neuron. Jul 3;39(1):177-94.
Sturdy, C.S., J.M. Wild and R. Mooney (2003) Respiratory and telencephalic modulation of vocal motor neurons in the zebra finch. J. Neurosci. 23(3): 1072-1086.
Mooney, R., M.J. Rosen and C.B. Sturdy (2002) A bird’s eye view: top down intracellular analyses of auditory selectivity for learned vocalizations. J. Comp. Physiol. 188: 879-895.
Livingston, F.S. and R. Mooney (2001) Androgens and isolation from adult tutors differentially affect neuronal development in a songbird nucleus critical to vocal plasticity. J. Neurophysiol. 85: 34-42.
Mooney, R., W. Hoese and S. Nowicki (2001) Auditory representation of the vocal repertoire in a songbird with multiple song types. PNAS USA, 98: 12778-12783.
Livingston, F., S. White and R. Mooney (2000) Slow NMDA-EPSCs at synapses critical for song development are not required for song learning in zebra finches. Nature Neurosci. 3: 482-488.
Mooney, R. (2000) Different subthreshold mechanisms underlie song-selectivity in identified HVc neurons of the zebra finch. J Neurosci. 20: 5420-5436.
Rosen, M and R Mooney (2000) Intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to auditory selectivity in a song nucleus critical for vocal plasticity. J Neurosci. 20: 5437-5448.
Kittelberger, J.M. and R. Mooney (1999) Lesions of an avian forebrain nucleus that disrupt song development alter synaptic connectivity and transmission in the vocal premotor pathway. J Neurosci 19 (21): 9385-9398.
Mooney, R. (1999) Sensitive periods and circuits for learned birdsong. Current Opinions in Neurobiology 9:121-127
Spiro, J., M. Dalva and R. Mooney (1999). Long-range inhibition within the zebra finch song nucleus RA can coordinate the firing of multipleprojection neurons. J Neurophysiol 81(6): 3007-3020.
White S., F. Livingston and R. Mooney (1999) A sensitive period for androgen-induced changes in NMDA-EPSCs in the avian song system. J. Neurophys. 82: 2221-2234.
Mooney, R. and J. Spiro (1997) Birdsong: Of tone and tempo in the telencephalon. Current Biol. 7:289-291.
Spiro, J., M. Dalva and R. Mooney (1999). Long-range inhibition within the zebra finch song nucleus RA can coordinate the firing of multipleprojection neurons. J Neurophysiol 81(6): 3007-3020.
White S., F. Livingston and R. Mooney (1999) A sensitive period for androgen-induced changes in NMDA-EPSCs in the avian song system. J. Neurophys. 82: 2221-2234.
Mooney, R. and J. Spiro (1997) Birdsong: Of tone and tempo in the telencephalon. Current Biol. 7:289-291.