Publications for Todd Roberts, Ph.D. | Roberts Lab

Autism-linked gene FoxP1 selectively regulates the cultural transmission of learned vocalizations.

Garcia-Oscos F, Koch TMI, Pancholi H, Trusel M, Daliparthi V, Co M, Park SE, Ayhan F, Alam DH, Holdway JE, Konopka G, Roberts TF, 2021 Feb Sci Adv 6 7

Expression of FoxP2 in the basal ganglia regulates vocal motor sequences in the adult songbird.

Xiao L, Merullo DP, Koch TMI, Cao M, Co M, Kulkarni A, Konopka G, Roberts TF, 2021 05 Nat Commun 1 12 2617

Cellular transcriptomics reveals evolutionary identities of songbird vocal circuits.

Colquitt BM, Merullo DP, Konopka G, Roberts TF, Brainard MS, 2021 02 Science 6530 371

Memory circuits for vocal imitation.

Ikeda MZ, Trusel M, Roberts TF, 2020 Feb Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 60 37-46

Transitioning between preparatory and precisely sequenced neuronal activity in production of a skilled behavior.

Daliparthi VK, Tachibana RO, Cooper BG, Hahnloser RH, Kojima S, Sober SJ, Roberts TF, 2019 Jun Elife 8

Inception of memories that guide vocal learning in the songbird.

Zhao W, Garcia-Oscos F, Dinh D, Roberts TF, 2019 10 Science 6461 366 83-89

A Basal Ganglia Circuit Sufficient to Guide Birdsong Learning.

Xiao L, Chattree G, Oscos FG, Cao M, Wanat MJ, Roberts TF 2018 Mar Neuron

Thalamostriatal and cerebellothalamic pathways in a songbird, the Bengalese finch.

Nicholson DA, Roberts TF, Sober SJ 2018 Jun J. Comp. Neurol. 9 526 1550-1570

Identification of a motor-to-auditory pathway important for vocal learning.

Roberts TF, Hisey E, Tanaka M, Kearney MG, Chattree G, Yang CF, Shah NM, Mooney R 2017 May Nat. Neurosci.

Insights into the Neural and Genetic Basis of Vocal Communication.

Konopka G, Roberts TF 2016 Mar Cell 6 164 1269-76

Animal Models of Speech and Vocal Communication Deficits Associated with Psychiatric Disorders.

Konopka G, Roberts TF 2015 Jul Biol. Psychiatry

Imaging auditory representations of song and syllables in populations of sensorimotor neurons essential to vocal communication.

Peh WY, Roberts TF, Mooney R 2015 Apr J. Neurosci. 14 35 5589-605

Motor circuits help encode auditory memories of vocal models used to guide vocal learning.

Roberts TF, Mooney R 2013 Jan Hear. Res.

Motor circuits are required to encode a sensory model for imitative learning.

Roberts TF, Gobes SM, Murugan M, Ölveczky BP, Mooney R 2012 Oct Nat. Neurosci. 10 15 1454-9

Rapid spine stabilization and synaptic enhancement at the onset of behavioural learning.

Roberts TF, Tschida KA, Klein ME, Mooney R 2010 Feb Nature 7283 463 948-52

Telencephalic neurons monosynaptically link brainstem and forebrain premotor networks necessary for song.

Roberts TF, Klein ME, Kubke MF, Wild JM, Mooney R 2008 Mar J. Neurosci. 13 28 3479-89

A synaptic basis for auditory-vocal integration in the songbird.

Bauer EE, Coleman MJ, Roberts TF, Roy A, Prather JF, Mooney R 2008 Feb J. Neurosci. 6 28 1509-22

Homogeneity of intrinsic properties of sexually dimorphic vocal motoneurons in male and female zebra finches.

Roberts TF, Wild JM, Kubke MF, Mooney R 2007 May J. Comp. Neurol. 1 502 157-69

Feeding and contact call stimulation both induce zenk and cfos expression in a higher order telencephalic area necessary for vocal learning in budgerigars.

Brauth SE, Liang W, Beru Y, Roberts TF, Hall WS 2006 Apr Behav. Brain Res. 2 168 331-8

Sexual dimorphism of vocal control nuclei in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) revealed with Nissl and NADPH-d staining.

Brauth SE, Liang W, Amateau SK, Roberts TF, Robert TF 2005 Mar J. Comp. Neurol. 1 484 15-27

Contact call-driven zenk mRNA expression in the brain of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus).

Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Liang W, Roberts TF 2003 Sep Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. 1 117 97-103

Contact call-driven Zenk protein induction and habituation in telencephalic auditory pathways in the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus): implications for understanding vocal learning processes.

Brauth S, Liang W, Roberts TF, Scott LL, Quinlan EM 2002 Mar-Apr Learn. Mem. 2 9 76-88

Organization of the avian basal forebrain: chemical anatomy in the parrot (Melopsittacus undulatus).

Roberts TF, Hall WS, Brauth SE 2002 Dec J. Comp. Neurol. 4 454 383-408

Distribution of tyrosine hydroxylase-containing neurons and fibers in the brain of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus): general patterns and labeling in vocal control nuclei.

Roberts TF, Cookson KK, Heaton KJ, Hall WS, Brauth SE 2001 Jan J. Comp. Neurol. 3 429 436-54

Distribution of iron in the parrot brain: conserved (pallidal) and derived (nigral) labeling patterns.

Roberts TF, Brauth SE, Hall WS 2001 Dec Brain Res. 1-2 921 138-49

Projections of the oval nucleus of the hyperstriatum ventrale in the budgerigar: relationships with the auditory system.

Brauth SE, Liang W, Roberts TF 2001 Apr J. Comp. Neurol. 4 432 481-511

Cytoarchitecture of vocal control nuclei in nestling budgerigars: relationships to call development.

Hall WS, Cookson KK, Heaton JT, Roberts TF, Shea SD, Amateau SK, Brauth SE 1999 Brain Behav. Evol. 4 53 198-226