A molecular neuroethological approach for identifying and characterizing a cascade of behaviorally regulated genes.
Discovery of a Novel Functional Leptin Protein (LEP) in Zebra Finches: Evidence for the Existence of an Authentic Avian Leptin Gene Predominantly Expressed in the Brain and Pituitary.
Enhanced gene expression in the forebrain of hatchling and juvenile male zebra finches.
Identification, localisation and functional implication of 26RFa orthologue peptide in the brain of zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).
FoxP2 expression in avian vocal learners and non-learners.
Selective expression of insulin-like growth factor II in the songbird brain.
FnTm2, a novel brain-specific transcript, is dynamically expressed in the song learning circuit of the zebra finch.
Expression of fragile X mental retardation protein within the vocal control system of developing and adult male zebra finches.
Distribution of vesicular glutamate transporter 2 in auditory and song control brain regions in the adult zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).
Neural, not gonadal, origin of brain sex differences in a gynandromorphic finch.
Sex differences in structure and expression of the sex chromosome genes CHD1Z and CHD1W in zebra finches.
Pivotal Advance: Avian colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1), interleukin-34 (IL-34), and CSF-1 receptor genes and gene products.
Molecular evolution of color vision of zebra finch.
Ultraviolet pigments in birds evolved from violet pigments by a single amino acid change.
Cloning and characterization of NEU2, a human gene homologous to rodent soluble sialidases.
Gallus gallus NEU3 sialidase as model to study protein evolution mechanism based on rapid evolving loops.
Identification and expression of NEU3, a novel human sialidase associated to the plasma membrane.
Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of sialidases from zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Molecular cloning and characterization of NEU4, the fourth member of the human sialidase gene family.
New insights on the sialidase protein family revealed by a phylogenetic analysis in metazoa.
Widespread capacity for steroid synthesis in the avian brain and song system.
Bi-directional sexual dimorphisms of the song control nucleus HVC in a songbird with unison song.
Song-induced phosphorylation of cAMP response element-binding protein in the songbird brain.
Disruption of FEM1C-W gene in zebra finch: evolutionary insights on avian ZW genes.
Long-distance retinoid signaling in the zebra finch brain.
Identification of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata): Peptide isolation, cDNA cloning and brain distribution.
Young and intense: FoxP2 immunoreactivity in Area X varies with age, song stereotypy, and singing in male zebra finches.
Comparative genomic and phylogenetic investigation of the xenobiotic metabolizing arylamine N-acetyltransferase enzyme family.
Isolation and characterization of a zebra finch aromatase cDNA: in situ hybridization reveals high aromatase expression in brain.
Phylogenetic and functional analysis of histidine residues essential for pH-dependent multimerization of von Willebrand factor.
Sexually dimorphic neurocalcin expression in the developing zebra finch telencephalon.
Cloning and expression of zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) steroidogenic factor 1: overlap with hypothalamic but not with telencephalic aromatase.
Isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding the zebra finch myelin proteolipid protein.
Molecular characterization of two isoforms of ZFAND3 cDNA from the Japanese quail and the leopard gecko, and different expression patterns between testis and ovary.
Language-related Cntnap2 gene is differentially expressed in sexually dimorphic song nuclei essential for vocal learning in songbirds.
Differential expression of glutamate receptors in avian neural pathways for learned vocalization.
Utilization of a zebra finch BAC library to determine the structure of an avian androgen receptor genomic region.
Thyrotropic activity of corticotropin-releasing hormone in an altricial bird species, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).
Phylogenetic relationships of weaverbirds (Aves: Ploceidae): A first robust phylogeny based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers.
Zebra finch estrogen receptor cDNA: cloning and mRNA expression.
Mechanism of signal sequence handover from NAC to SRP on ribosomes during ER-protein targeting.
Spatial ability is impaired and hippocampal mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA expression reduced in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) selected for acute high corticosterone response to stress.
Site-specific retinoic acid production in the brain of adult songbirds.
Cloning of gonadotropin-releasing hormone I complementary DNAs in songbirds facilitates dissection of mechanisms mediating seasonal changes in reproduction.
Identification, localization, and regulation of passerine GnRH-I messenger RNA.
Replaceable neurons and neurodegenerative disease share depressed UCHL1 levels.
Identification of the first Toll-like receptor gene in passerine birds: TLR4 orthologue in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).