| Contributions of an avian basal ganglia–forebrain circuit to real-time modulation of song MH Kao, AJ Doupe, MS Brainard Nature 433 (7026), 638-643, 2005 | 586 | 2005 |
| Stress and dominance in a social fish HE Fox, SA White, MHF Kao, RD Fernald Journal of Neuroscience 17 (16), 6463-6469, 1997 | 378 | 1997 |
| Lesions of an avian basal ganglia circuit prevent context-dependent changes to song variability MH Kao, MS Brainard Journal of neurophysiology 96 (3), 1441-1455, 2006 | 297 | 2006 |
| Neurons in a forebrain nucleus required for vocal plasticity rapidly switch between precise firing and variable bursting depending on social context MH Kao, BD Wright, AJ Doupe Journal of Neuroscience 28 (49), 13232-13247, 2008 | 175 | 2008 |
| Task-related “cortical” bursting depends critically on basal ganglia input and is linked to vocal plasticity S Kojima, MH Kao, AJ Doupe Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (12), 4756-4761, 2013 | 86 | 2013 |
| Variability in action: Contributions of a songbird cortical-basal ganglia circuit to vocal motor learning and control SC Woolley, MH Kao Neuroscience 296, 39-47, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| The avian basal ganglia are a source of rapid behavioral variation that enables vocal motor exploration S Kojima, MH Kao, AJ Doupe, MS Brainard Journal of Neuroscience 38 (45), 9635-9647, 2018 | 59 | 2018 |
| Vocal learning and flexible rhythm pattern perception are linked: Evidence from songbirds AA Rouse, AD Patel, MH Kao Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (29), e2026130118, 2021 | 29 | 2021 |
| Music and brain circuitry: strategies for strengthening evidence-based research for music-based interventions WG Chen, JR Iversen, MH Kao, P Loui, AD Patel, RJ Zatorre, E Edwards Journal of Neuroscience 42 (45), 8498-8507, 2022 | 19 | 2022 |
| Plasticity of stereotyped birdsong driven by chronic manipulation of cortical-basal ganglia activity S Moorman, JR Ahn, MH Kao Current Biology 31 (12), 2619-2632. e4, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| Variable but not random: temporal pattern coding in a songbird brain area necessary for song modification SE Palmer, BD Wright, AJ Doupe, MH Kao Journal of Neurophysiology 125 (2), 540-555, 2021 | 4 | 2021 |
| Within-species differences in vocal production learning in a songbird are associated with differences in flexible rhythm pattern perception AA Rouse, AD Patel, S Wainapel, MH Kao bioRxiv, 2022.07. 13.499954, 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
| Manipulating the perception of time affects voluntary breath-holding duration MH Vigran, H.J., Kapral, A.G., Tytell, E.D., Kao Physiological Reports 7 (23), e14309, 2019 | 2 | 2019 |
| Sex differences in vocal learning ability in songbirds are linked with differences in flexible rhythm pattern perception AA Rouse, AD Patel, S Wainapel, MH Kao Animal Behaviour 203, 193-206, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temporal sequences of spikes during practice code for time in a complex motor sequence SE Palmer, MH Kao, BD Wright, AJ Doupe arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.0655, 2014 | 1 | 2014 |
| Partial inactivation of songbird auditory cortex impairs both tempo and pitch discrimination G Kim, M Sánchez-Valpuesta, MH Kao Molecular Brain 16 (1), 48, 2023 | | 2023 |
Michael S. BrainardProfessor of Physiology and Psychiatry, UCSFVerified email at phy.ucsf.edu
