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Leonida Fusani Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Siena, Italy Formerly: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Physiological Science and Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Brain Research Institute, UCLA Principle Research Interests: E-mail: lfusani@physci.ucla.edu Education: Academic Distinctions: Recent Publications: Fusani, L., Beani, L., Lupo, C. & Desś-Fulgheri,
F. 1997. Sexually selected vigilance behaviour of the grey partridge is
affected by plasma androgen levels. Animal Behaviour, 54,
1013-1018. Fusani, L., Hutchison, R. E. & Hutchison, J. B. 1997. Vocal-postural co-ordination of a sexually dimorphic display in a monomorphic species: the Barbary dove. Behaviour, 134, 321-335. Metzdorf, R., Gahr, M. & Fusani, L. 1999. Distribution of aromatase, estrogen receptor, and androgen receptor mRNA in the forebrain of songbirds and nonsongbirds. J. Comp. Neurol., 405, 1-15. Fusani, L., Van't Hof, T., Hutchison, J. B. & Gahr, M.
2000. Seasonal expression of androgen receptors, estrogen receptors and
aromatase in the canary brain in relation to circulating androgens and
estrogens. J. Neurobiol., 43, 254-268. Fusani, L., Gahr, M. & Hutchison, J. B. 2001. Aromatase
inhibition reduces specifically one display of the ring dove courtship
behavior. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 122, 23-30. Fusani, L., Hutchison, J. B. & Gahr, M. 2001. Testosterone
Regulates the Activity and Expression of Aromatase in the Canary
Neostriatum. J. Neurobiol., 49, 1-8. |
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