List of works by Manfred Gahr

Accelerated redevelopment of vocal skills is preceded by lasting reorganization of the song motor circuitry.

scientific article

Acute social isolation alters neurogenomic state in songbird forebrain

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

Androgen and estrogen sensitivity of bird song: a comparative view on gene regulatory levels

scientific article

Androgen receptors in the embryonic zebra finch hindbrain suggest a function for maternal androgens in perihatching survival

scientific article published in November 2002

Area-specific migration and recruitment of new neurons in the adult songbird brain.

scientific article

Aromatase inhibition affects testosterone-induced masculinization of song and the neural song system in female canaries

scientific article

Associated and disassociated patterns in hormones, song, behavior and brain receptor expression between life-cycle stages in male black redstarts, Phoenicurus ochruros.

scientific article published on 18 January 2013

Avian yolk androgens are metabolized rather than taken up by the embryo during the first days of incubation

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Behavioural and physiological effects of population density on domesticated Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) held in aviaries

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

Bi-directional sexual dimorphisms of the song control nucleus HVC in a songbird with unison song

scientific article (publication date: 27 August 2008)

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in the HVC is required for testosterone-induced song of female canaries.

scientific article

Breeding status and social environment differentially affect the expression of sex steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA in the brain of female Damaraland mole-rats

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Characteristics of song, brain-anatomy and blood androgen levels in spontaneously singing female canaries

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Comparative Cytogenetics between Two Important Songbird, Models: The Zebra Finch and the Canary.

scientific article

Comparisons of different methods to train a young zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) to learn a song.

scientific article published on 8 September 2012

Corrigendum to "Dawn-song onset coincides with increased HVC androgen receptor expression but is decoupled from high circulating testosterone in an equatorial songbird" [Physiol. Behav. (156), (2016) 1-7]

scientific article published on 07 June 2016

Couples showing off: Audience promotes both male and female multimodal courtship display in a songbird

scientific article published on 03 October 2018

Dawn-song onset coincides with increased HVC androgen receptor expression but is decoupled from high circulating testosterone in an equatorial songbird

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Developmental changes in estrogen-sensitive neurons in the forebrain of the zebra finch

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Differential expression of melatonin receptor subtypes MelIa, MelIb and MelIc in relation to melatonin binding in the male songbird brain

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Differential expression pattern and steroid hormone sensitivity of SNAP-25 and synaptoporin mRNA in the telencephalic song control nucleus HVC of the zebra finch.

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Distribution and dynamics in the expression of androgen and estrogen receptors in vocal control systems of songbirds

scientific article published in January 1997

Distribution of aromatase, estrogen receptor, and androgen receptor mRNA in the forebrain of songbirds and nonsongbirds

scientific article published in April 1999

Duets recorded in the wild reveal that interindividually coordinated motor control enables cooperative behavior.

scientific article

Dynamics of crowing development in the domestic Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2009)

Early condition, song learning, and the volume of song brain nuclei in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published in December 2006

Early embryonic modification of maternal hormones differs systematically among embryos of different laying order: A study in birds

scientific article published on 12 August 2018

Effects of unilateral lesions of HVC on song patterns of male domesticated canaries

scientific article published in September 2003

Emotional responses to conspecific distress calls are modulated by affiliation in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Estrogen-inducible, sex-specific expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in a forebrain song control nucleus of the juvenile zebra finch

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Evaluating the predictive value of doublecortin as a marker for adult neurogenesis in canaries (Serinus canaria).

scientific article published in April 2014

Expansion Light Sheet Microscopy Resolves Subcellular Structures in Large Portions of the Songbird Brain

Fast Retrograde Access to Projection Neuron Circuits Underlying Vocal Learning in Songbirds

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Flexible reproduction in wild canaries is independent of photoperiod.

scientific article

Functional organisation of the field-L-complex of adult male zebra finches

scientific article published in February 1999

Gonadal steroid levels in rock pigeon eggs do not represent adequately maternal allocation.

scientific article

Horizontal transmission of the father's song in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

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Hormonal influence on song structure and organization: the role of estrogen

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Hormone-dependent neural plasticity in the juvenile and adult song system: what makes a successful male?

scientific article published in June 2004

How should brain nuclei be delineated? Consequences for developmental mechanisms and for correlations of area size, neuron numbers and functions of brain nuclei

scientific article published on February 1997

Identification, distribution, and developmental changes of a melatonin binding site in the song control system of the zebra finch

scientific article published in April 1996

Large-scale synchronized activity during vocal deviance detection in the zebra finch auditory forebrain.

scientific article published in August 2012

Life-Stage Dependent Plasticity in the Auditory System of a Songbird Is Signal and Emitter-Specific

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

Localization of androgen receptor mRNA-containing cells in avian respiratory-vocal nuclei: an in situ hybridization study

scientific article published in December 1997

Male Japanese quails with female brains do not show male sexual behaviors

scientific article

Maximized song learning of juvenile male zebra finches following BDNF expression in the HVC.

scientific article published on 11 August 2013

Melatonin affects the temporal organization of the song of the zebra finch

scientific article published on 3 March 2005

Melatonin affects the temporal pattern of vocal signatures in birds

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Mismatch in sexual dimorphism of developing song and song control system in blue-capped cordon-bleus, a songbird species with singing females and males

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Modulation by steroid hormones of a "sexy" acoustic signal in an Oscine species, the Common Canary Serinus canaria

scientific article published on 8 June 2004

Muscle-dependent and hormone-dependent differentiation of the vocal control premotor nucleus robustus archistriatalis and the motornucleus hypoglossus pars tracheosyringealis of the zebra finch

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

Natural melatonin fluctuation and its minimally invasive simulation in the zebra finch

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Neural mechanisms of birdsong memory

scientific article (publication date: May 2006)

Neural processing of short-term recurrence in songbird vocal communication

scientific article

Neural song control system of hummingbirds: Comparison to swifts, vocal learning (Songbirds) and nonlearning (Suboscines) passerines, and vocal learning (Budgerigars) and nonlearning (Dove, owl, gull, quail, chicken) nonpasserines

article by Manfred Gahr published 2000 in The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Neural song control system of hummingbirds: comparison to swifts, vocal learning (Songbirds) and nonlearning (Suboscines) passerines, and vocal learning (Budgerigars) and nonlearning (Dove, owl, gull, quail, chicken) nonpasserines

scientific article published in October 2000

Neuromuscular mechanisms of an elaborate wing display in the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus).

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Neurotelemetry reveals putative predictive activity in HVC during call-based vocal communications in zebra finches

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

Patterns of call communication between group-housed zebra finches change during the breeding cycle.

scientific article

Phylogeography of island canary (Serinus canaria) populations

Power-law scaling of calling dynamics in zebra finches.

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Recovery of song preferences after excitotoxic HVC lesion in female canaries

scientific article published in July 2002

Regulatory mechanisms of testosterone-stimulated song in the sensorimotor nucleus HVC of female songbirds.

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Representation of early sensory experience in the adult auditory midbrain: implications for vocal learning

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Seasonal activation and inactivation of song motor memories in wild canaries is not reflected in neuroanatomical changes of forebrain song areas.

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Seasonal singing of a songbird living near the equator correlates with minimal changes in day length

scientific article published on 22 August 2017

Seasonality at the equator: isotope signatures and hormonal correlates of molt phenology in a non-migratory Amazonian songbird

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Sexual differentiation of the vocal control system of birds

scientific article published on January 2007

Social status affects the degree of sex difference in the songbird brain

scientific article

Socially induced brain differentiation in a cooperatively breeding songbird

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Song learning in male and female Uraeginthus cyanocephalus, a tropical songbird species [corrected].

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

Spatial ability is impaired and hippocampal mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA expression reduced in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) selected for acute high corticosterone response to stress

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Steroid receptors and their regulation in avian extraembryonic membranes provide a novel substrate for hormone mediated maternal effects

scientific article published on 08 August 2019

Tap dancing birds: the multimodal mutual courtship display of males and females in a socially monogamous songbird

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Testosterone-dependent increase of gap-junctions in HVC neurons of adult female canaries

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The Genome of Blue-Capped Cordon-Bleu Uncovers Hidden Diversity of LTR Retrotransposons in Zebra Finch

scientific article published on 13 April 2019

The ontogeny of the canary HVC revealed by the expression of androgen and oestrogen receptors

scientific article published in December 1996

The selectivity of sexual responses to song displays: effects of partial chemical lesion of the HVC in female canaries

scientific article published in November 1998

Tissue Clearing and Light Sheet Microscopy: Imaging the Unsectioned Adult Zebra Finch Brain at Cellular Resolution

Undirected (solitary) birdsong in female and male blue-capped cordon-bleus (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) and its endocrine correlates

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Using the canary genome to decipher the evolution of hormone-sensitive gene regulation in seasonal singing birds

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Vocal Communication: Decoding Sexy Songs.

scientific article published in April 2018

Vocal tract anatomy of king penguins: morphological traits of two-voiced sound production

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

What is the adaptive role of neurogenesis in adult birds?

scientific article

What makes a marker a good marker?. Commentary on Balthazart J and Ball G (2014): Doublecortin is a highly valuable endogenous marker of adult neurogenesis in canaries. Brain Behav Evol 84:1-4.

scientific article published on 17 July 2014

Zebra finch mates use their forebrain song system in unlearned call communication

scientific article

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