Birdsong: From Behavior to Neuron

ORGANIZING ACTION OF PRENATALLY ADMINISTERED TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE ON THE TISSUES MEDIATING MATING BEHAVIOR IN THE FEMALE GUINEA PIG¹

1959 • 1,889 citations

Gonadal Steroid Induction of Structural Sex Differences in the Central Nervous System

1984 • 1,170 citations

Sexual Dimorphism in Vocal Control Areas of the Songbird Brain

1976 • 1,106 citations

A Brain for All Seasons: Cyclical Anatomical Changes in Song Control Nuclei of the Canary Brain

1981 • 752 citations

Song "Dialects" in Three Populations of White-Crowned Sparrows

1962 • 548 citations

Connections of vocal control nuclei in the canary telencephalon

1982 • 524 citations

Acoustic parameters underlying the responses of song-specific neurons in the white-crowned sparrow

1983 • 517 citations

Song development in the zebra finch and other estrildid finches

1969 • 401 citations

Selective Vocal Learning in a Sparrow

1977 • 383 citations

Hormone concentrating cells in vocal control and other areas of the brain of the zebra finch (Poephila guttata)

1976 • 383 citations

Testosterone triggers growth of brain vocal control nuclei in adult female canaries

1980 • 374 citations

Song repertoires and territory defence in the great tit

1978 • 373 citations

Hormonal control of cell form and number in the zebra finch song system

1981 • 366 citations

Specific Distinctiveness in the Communication Signals of Birds

1957 • 346 citations

An Experimental Analysis of the Parameters of Bird Song Eliciting Species Recognition

1972 • 304 citations

A Test for Responsiveness to Song Structure and Programming in Female Sparrows

1981 • 288 citations

The logical analysis of animal communication

1961 • 271 citations

Developmental overproduction and selective attrition: New processes in the epigenesis of birdsong

1982 • 270 citations

Projections of a telencephalic auditory nucleus– field L–in the canary

1979 • 263 citations

Specificity in the Response of Female Tree Crickets (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Oecanthinae) to Calling Songs of the Males1

1957 • 261 citations

Brain space for a learned task

1981 • 256 citations

Synaptic Plasticity in the Mammalian Central Nervous System

1981 • 255 citations

Songs of the Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) and Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) are Innate

1984 • 243 citations

Relationship between Song Repertoire and Age in the Canary, Serinus canarius

1978 • 237 citations

The significance of song repertoires: The Beau Geste hypothesis

1977 • 235 citations

Song learning and social interaction in indigo buntings

1981 • 227 citations

Androgen affects cholinergic enzymes in syringeal motor neurons and muscle

1980 • 207 citations

SONG DIALECTS AND DEMES IN SEDENTARY POPULATIONS OF THE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS NUTTALLI)

1976 • 203 citations

Song Repertoires and Lifetime Reproductive Success in the Great Tit (Parus major)

1981 • 201 citations

Sparrows Learn Adult Song and More from Memory

1981 • 194 citations

Behavioral correlates of sexual differentiation in the zebra finch song system

1982 • 182 citations

Correlates of Song Organization Among North American Wrens

1977 • 170 citations

Sexual Difference in Pattern of Hormone Accumulation in the Brain of a Songbird

1979 • 160 citations

Role of auditory feedback in canary song development.

1977 • 159 citations

The Process of Song-Learning in the Chaffinch as Studied by Means of the Sound Spectrograph

1954 • 156 citations

Variation in the song of the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus in relation to mate attraction and territorial defence

1983 • 155 citations

The Process of Species-Specific Song Recognition By the Indigo Bunting, Passerina Cyanea, and Its Relationship To the Organization of Avian Acoustical Behavior

1975 • 154 citations

Effects of Deafening on Song Development in Two Species of Juncos

1964 • 153 citations

Responsiveness of units in the auditory neostriatum of the guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) to species-specific calls and synthetic stimuli

1979 • 146 citations

Bilateral organization of the vocal control pathway in the budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus

1981 • 145 citations

Song repertoires in the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus): A test of the Beau Geste hypothesis

1981 • 140 citations

Development of Grooming in Mice with Amputated Forelimbs

1973 • 136 citations

Responses of auditory neurons in the forebrain of a songbird to stimulation with species-specific sounds

1976 • 126 citations

Effects of acoustical stimulation and deprivation on song development in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

1972 • 112 citations

Modulation in Bird Sounds

1968 • 103 citations

A bioassay of isolate cowbird song.

1979 • 99 citations

Structural Changes in Song Ontogeny in the Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana

1982 • 90 citations

A re-evaluation of song development in the song sparrow

1977 • 88 citations

Vocal Virtuosity in the Brown Thrasher

1977 • 86 citations

An Hypothesis concerning the Relationship of Syringeal Structure to Vocal Abilities

1983 • 83 citations

Vocal Response of the Bullfrog to Natural and Synthetic Mating Calls

1966 • 80 citations

Birdsong: The acquisition of a learned motor skill

1981 • 73 citations

Song development in the indigo bunting

1968 • 71 citations

Song Development in Hand-Raised Oregon Juncos

1962 • 69 citations

Self-differentiation of Song Organization Rules by Deaf Canaries1

2010 • 67 citations

Cellular insights into behavior and learning.

1979 • 66 citations

Song Groups in a Singing Assembly of Little Hermits

1971 • 62 citations

Reversal of hypoglossal dominance in canaries following unilateral syringeal denervation

1979 • 56 citations

Discrimination of Intermediate Sounds in a Synthetic Call Continuum by Female Green Tree Frogs

1978 • 55 citations

Afferent neurons in the hypoglossal nerve of the zebra finch (Poephila guttata): Localization with horseradish peroxidase

1982 • 55 citations

Winter Wren Singing Behavior: A Pinnacle of Song Complexity

1980 • 55 citations

Auditory Environment and Vocal Development in Birds

1978 • 46 citations

Neural Control of Behavior

1978 • 41 citations

Androgen increases protein synthesis within the avian brain vocal control system

1981 • 40 citations

Respiratory gating of activity in the avian vocal control system

1982 • 38 citations

Der Vogelgesang als Vorstufe von Musik und Sprache

1951 • 35 citations

The contribution of temporal song cues to species recognition in the red-winged blackbird

1983 • 30 citations