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Selected References

Day, L.B., L. Fusani, E. Hernandez, P.M. Wise and B.A. Schlinger. 2007. Testosterone and
its effects on courtship in Golden-collared manakins: seasonal, sex and age differences.
Hormones and Behavior 51:62-68.

Fusani, L., V. Canoine, L. Day, D. Reineman and B.A. Schlinger. 2007. Androgen and the
elaborate courtship behavior of a tropical lekking bird. Hormones and Behavior 51:69-76.

Tam H and B.A. Schlinger. 2007. Activities of 3B-HSD and aromatase in slices of the adult
and developing zebra finch brain. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 150:26-33.

Schlinger, B.A. and C.J. Saldanha. 2006. Songbirds: A Novel Perspective on Estrogens and
the Aging Brain. AGE 27:287-296.

Day, L.B., J.T. McBroom and B.A. Schlinger. 2006. Testosterone increases courtship
behavior but does not stimulate growth of adult plumage in male Golden-collared manakins.
Hormones and Behavior 49: 223-232.

Schlinger, B.A., K.K. Soma and S.E. London. 2006. Integrating Steroid Synthesis with
Steroid Action: Multiple Mechanisms in Birds. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52: 238-241.

Schlinger, B.A. and S.E. London. 2006. Neurosteroids and the songbird model system. J
Exp Zoolog A 305): 743-8

London SE, A. Monks, J. Wade and B.A. Schlinger. 2006. Widespread capacity for steroid
synthesis within the avian brain and song system. Endocrinology 147: 5975-5987.

Forlano, P., B.A. Schlinger and A. Bass. 2006. Brain Aromatase: New lessons from
non-mammalian model systems. Front. Neuroendocrinol. 27:247-274.

Soma, K.K., K. Sinchak, A. Lakhter, B.A. Schlinger and P.E. Micevych. 2005. Neurosteroids
and female reproduction: Estrogen increases 3-HSD mRNA and Activity in rat hypothalamus.
Endocrinology. 146: 4386-4390.

Peterson, R.S., Yarram, L., Schlinger, B.A. and C.J. Saldanha. 2005. Aromatase is
Presynaptic and Sexually-Dimorphic in the Adult Zebra Finch Brain. Proc Roy Soc Lond. B.
272:2089-2096.

Schlinger, B.A. 2005. Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Evolving: Contributions of
Comparative and Field Studies. Hormones and Behavior, 48: 349-351.

Saldanha, C.J., Schlinger, B.A. Micevych, P.E. and T.L. Horvath. 2004. Pre-synaptic NMDA-receptor expression is increased by estradiol in an aromatase-rich area of the zebra finch hippocampus.   Journal of Comparative Neurology  469: 522-534.
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14755533&dopt=Books

Soma, K.K., N.A. Alday and B. A. Schlinger. 2004. DHEA Metabolism by 3b-HSD in Adult Zebra Finch Brain: Sex Difference and Rapid Effect of Stress. Endocrinology  145: 1668-1677. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14670998&dopt=Books

Oberlander, J.G., B.A. Schlinger, N.S. Clayton and C.J. Saldanha. 2004. Neural aromatization accelerates the acquisition of spatial memory via an influence on the songbird hippocampus.  Hormones and Behavior 45: 250-258.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15053941&dopt=Books

Saldanha, C.J., Schlinger, B.A. Micevych, P.E. and T.L. Horvath. 2004. Pre-synaptic NMDA-receptor expression is increased by estradiol in an aromatase-rich area of the zebra finch hippocampus.   Journal of Comparative Neurology  469: 522-534.
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14755533&dopt=Books

Soma, K.K., N.A. Alday and B. A. Schlinger. 2004. DHEA Metabolism by 3b-HSD in Adult Zebra Finch Brain: Sex Difference and Rapid Effect of Stress. Endocrinology  145: 1668-1677. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14670998&dopt=Books

Oberlander, J.G., B.A. Schlinger, N.S. Clayton and C.J. Saldanha. 2004. Neural aromatization accelerates the acquisition of spatial memory via an influence on the songbird hippocampus.  Hormones and Behavior 45: 250-258.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15053941&dopt=Books

Soma, K., B.A. Schlinger, J.C. Wingfield and C.J. Saldanha. 2003. Brain aromatase, 5- and 5-reductase change seasonally in wild male song sparrows: relationship to territorial aggression. Journal of Neurobiology. 56: 209-221.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12884261

London, S.E., J. Boulter and B.A. Schlinger. 2003. Cloning of the androgen synthetic enzyme CYP17 in the Zebra Finch: A study of its neural expression throughout development.   Journal of Comparative Neurology 467: 496-508.
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Schlinger, B.A. and E. Brenowitz. 2002. Neural and Hormonal Control of Birdsong. In Hormones, Brain and Behavior, D. Pfaff, Ed. Vol. 2, pp 799-839.

Schlinger, B.A., K.K. Soma and S.E. London. 2002. Integrating Steroid Synthesis with Steroid Action: Multiple Mechanisms in Birds. Proc.23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing, China, August.

Peterson, R.S., C.J. Saldanha and B.A. Schlinger. 2001. Rapid upregulation of aromatase mRNA and protein following neural injury in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 13: 317-323.

Tsutsui, K. and B.A. Schlinger. 2001. Steroidogenesis in the avian brain. In Avian Endocrinology, Eds. A. Dawson and C.M. Chaturvedi., pp.59-77. Narosa Publishing, New Delhi, India.

Schlinger, B.A., Soma, K., and Saldanha, C. 2001. Perspectives in Ornithology: Advances in avian behavioral endocrinology. Invited Review. The Auk. 118:283-289.
http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=0004-8038&volume=118&issue=02&page=0283

Schlinger, B.A., K.K. Soma and S.E. London. 2001. Neurosteroids and brain sexual differentiation. Invited Article. Trends in Neuroscience. 24: 429-431.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11476868

Schlinger, B.A., Schultz, J.D. and F. Hertel. 2001. Neuromuscular and endocrine control of an avian courtship behavior. Hormones and Behavior 40: 276-280.

Schultz, J.D, F. Hertel, M. Bausch and B.A. Schlinger. 2001. Adaptations for rapid and forceful contraction in wing muscles of the male Golden-collared manakin: Sex and species comparisons. Journal of Comparative Physiology A.187:677-684.
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00359/contents/01/00239/paper/s00359-001-0239-9ch000.html

Saldanha, C.J., M.J. Tuerk, Y-H Kim, A.O. Fernandes, A.P. Arnold and B.A. Schlinger. 2000. The distribution and regulation of aromatase expression in the zebra finch revealed with a specific antibody. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 423: 619-630.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10880992

Freking, F., T. Nazairians and B.A. Schlinger. 2000 The expression of the sex steroid synthesizing enzymes CYP11A1, 3ß-HSD and CYP17 in the gonads and adrenals of an adult and developing songbird. General and Comparative Endocrinology.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10936034

Saldanha, C.J., J. D. Schultz, S.E. London and B.A. Schlinger. Telencephalic aromatase, but not a song system, in a sub-oscine passerine, the golden collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 2000. 56(1) 29-37
http://www.online.karger.com/library/karger/renderer/dataset.exe?jcode=BBE&action=render&rendertype=abstract&uid=BBE.bbe56029

Schlinger, B.A., C. Greco and A.H. Bass. 1999. Aromatase activity in hindbrain vocal control region: Divergence between "singing" and "sneaking" males. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: B. 266:131-136.

Schultz, D. and B.A. Schlinger. 1999. Widespread accumulation of 3H-testosterone in the spinal cord of a wild bird with an elaborate courtship display. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 96: 10432-10436.
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Schlinger, B.A. 1998. Sexual differentiation of avian brain and behavior: Current views on gonadal hormone-dependent and independent mechanisms. Annual Review of Physiology. 60:407-429.
http://physiol.annualreviews.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/1/407

Carlisle, H.J., Hales, T. G.and B.A. Schlinger. 1998. Characterization of Neuronal Zebra Finch GABAA Receptors. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 182: 531-538.
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00359/bibs/8182004/81820531.htm

Saldanha, C.J. and B.A. Schlinger. 1997. Estrogen synthesis and secretion in the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 105:390-401.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9073501

Schlinger, B.A. 1997. Sex-steroids and their actions on the bird song system. Journal of Neurobiology. 35: 619-631.
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