Daniela Vallentin

Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics — Germany

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

14h-index1.3kcitations30works2.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(18), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(15), Marine animal studies overview(14), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills(6), Neural dynamics and brain function(4)

Publications30 total

Interplay between syllable duration and pitch during whistle matching in wild nightingales
Current Biology·2026Open Access
Attuning to song duels facilitates song-matching in nightingales
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Nightingales imitate the duration of whistle syllables
2025Open Access
Variable and slow-paced neural dynamics in HVC underlie plastic song production in juvenile zebra finches
BMC Neuroscience·2024Open Access
Female calls promote song learning in male juvenile zebra finches
Nature Communications·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Disinhibition enables vocal repertoire expansion after a critical period
Nature Communications·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Variable and slow-paced neural dynamics in HVC underlie plastic song production in juvenile zebra finches
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Disinhibition enables vocal repertoire expansion after a critical period
2024Open Access
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong
Current Opinion in Neurobiology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Wild nightingales flexibly match whistle pitch in real time
Current Biology·2023· 23 citedOpen Access
High-density electrode recordings reveal strong and specific connections between retinal ganglion cells and midbrain neurons
Nature Communications·2022· 72 citedOpen Access
A feedforward inhibitory premotor circuit for auditory–vocal interactions in zebra finches
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Convergent behavioral strategies and neural computations during vocal turn-taking across diverse species
Current Opinion in Neurobiology·2022· 15 cited
Strong and specific connections between retinal axon mosaics and midbrain neurons revealed by large scale paired recordings
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Feed-forward inhibition fine-tunes response timing in auditory-vocal interactions
2021Open Access
Inhibition within a premotor circuit controls the timing of vocal turn-taking in zebra finches
Nature Communications·2020· 44 citedOpen Access
Population-Level Representation of a Temporal Sequence Underlying Song Production in the Zebra Finch
Neuron·2016· 131 citedOpen Access
Inhibition protects acquired song segments during vocal learning in zebra finches
Science·2016· 146 citedOpen Access
The Forebrain Song System Mediates Predictive Call Timing in Female and Male Zebra Finches
Current Biology·2016· 120 citedOpen Access
Interplay of Inhibition and Excitation Shapes a Premotor Neural Sequence
Journal of Neuroscience·2015· 114 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jonathan I. Benichov(9), Michael A. Long(8), Andreas Nieder(6), Giacomo Costalunga(5), Linda Bistere(3), Daniel F. English(2), Adrien Peyrache(2), Eran Stark(2), L. Roux(2), György Buzsáki(2), Georg Kosche(2), Sam E. Benezra(2), Simon N. Jacob(2), Jérémie Sibille(2), Carolin Gehr(2), Hymavathy Balasubramanian(2), Kai Lun Teh(2), Tatiana Lupashina(2), Jens Kremkow(2), Philipp Norton(2)