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Publications of the members of the Department Prof. Gahr

  2012  

Beckers, G.J.L., Bolhuis, J.J., Okanoya, K. and Berwick, R.C.: Birdsong neurolinguistics: Songbird context-free grammar claim is premature. Neuroreport, 23 (3): 139-145 (2012)

Buehler DM, Vézina F, Goymann W, Schwabl I, Versteegh M, Tieleman BI, Piersma T.: Independence among four physiological traits suggests flexibility in the face of ecological demands on phenotypes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, in press (2012)

Goymann, W.: On the use of non-invasive hormone research in uncontrolled, natural environments: The problem with sex, diet, metabolic rate and the individual. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, in press (2012)

Hirschenhauser K, Spreitzer K, Lepschy M, Kotrschal K, Möstl E: Excreted corticosterone metabolites differ between two galliform species, Japanese Quail and Chicken, between sexes and between urine and faecal parts of droppings. J. Ornithol. in press. (2012)

Poot, H., Ter Maat, A., Trost, L., Schwabl, I., Jansen, R.F., Gahr, M.: Behavioural and physiological effects of population density on domesticated zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) held in aviaries. Physiology and Behavior 105, 821-828 (2012)

Ter Maat, A, Pieneman, A.W. and Koene, J.M.: The effect of light on induced egg laying in the simultaneous hermaphrodite Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Molluscan Studies, in press (2012)

  2011  

Apfelbeck, B. and Goymann, W.: Ignoring the challenge? Male black redstarts do not increase testosterone levels during territorial conflicts but they do so in response to GnRH. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278, 3233-3242 (2011)

Apfelbeck, B., Stegherr, J. and Goymann, W.: Simulating winning in the wild - the behavioral and hormonal response of black redstarts to single and repeated territorial challenges of high and low intensity. Hormones and Behavior, 60, 565-571 (2011)

Beckers GJL: Bird speech perception and vocal production: a comparison with humans. Human Biology, 83 (2): 191-212 (2011)

Berwick, R.C., Okanoya, K. , Beckers, G.J.L. and Bolhuis, J.J.: Songs to syntax: the linguistics of birdsong. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, in press. [doi:10.1016/j.tics.2011.01.002].

Derégnaucourt, S.: Birdsong learning in the laboratory, with especial reference to the song of the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) In: Pepperberg, Irene M. (ed.), Avian Cognition and Social Interaction: Special issue of Interaction Studies 12:2, pp. 323-349 (2011)

Du Val, E. and Goymann, W.: Hormonal correlates of social status and courtship display in a cooperatively lekking passerine. Hormones and Behavior 59, 44-50 (2011)

Edler, R., Goymann, W., Schwabl, I. and Friedl, TP.: Effect of testosterone on reproductive behavior and immunity in red bishops: an experimental test. Ibis 153, 46-58 (2011)

Fusani, L., Cardinale, M., Schwabl, I. and Goymann, W.: Food availability but not melatonin affects nocturnal restlessness in a wild migrating passerine. Hormones and Behavior 59, 187-192 (2011)

Geberzahn N., Gahr M.: Undirected (Solitary) Birdsong in Female and Male Blue-Capped Cordon-Bleus (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) and Its Endocrine Correlates. PLoS ONE 6(10): e26485 (2011)

Goymann W. and Landys M.: Testosterone and year-round territoriality in tropical and non-tropical songbirds. Journal of Avian Biology 42, 485-489 (2011)

Goymann, W. and Trappschuh, M.: Seasonal and diel variation in hormone metabolites in European stonechats - on the importance of high signal to noise ratios in non-invasive hormone studies. Journal of Biological Rhythms 26, 44-54 (2011)

Landys M., Goymann W., and Slagsvold T.: Rearing conditions have long-term consequences for stress responsiveness in free-living great tits. General and Comparative Endocrinology 174, 219-224 (2011)

Michler, S. P. M., Nicolaus, M., Ubels, R., van der Velde, M., Both, C., Tinbergen, J. M. and Komdeur, J.: Sex-specific effects of the local social environment on juvenile post-fledging dispersal in great tits. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 65, 1975-1986 (2011)

Muck, C., Goymann W.: Throat patch size and darkness co-varies with testosterone in females of a sex-role reversed species. Behavioral Ecology, 22, 1312-1319 (2011)

Pfannkuche, K. A., Gahr, M., Weites, I. M., Riedstra, B., Wolf, C. and Groothuis, T. G. G.: Examining a pathway for hormone mediated maternal effects - Yolk testosterone affects androgen receptor density and endogenous testosterone production in young chicks Gallus gallus domesticus. Gen Comp Endocrinol, 172, 3: 487-493 (2011)

Poirier, C., Boumans, T., Vellema, M., De Groof, G., Charlier, T.D., Verhoye, M., Van der Linden, A., and Balthazart, J.: Own Song Selectivity in the Songbird Auditory Pathway: Suppression by Norepinephrine. PLoS ONE, 6 , 5: e20131 (2011)

Salwiczek, Lucie H. and Redouan Bshary: Cleaner Wrasses Keep Track of the "When" and "What" in a Foraging Task. Ethology 117 939-948 (2011)

Vellema, M., Verschueren, J., Van Meir, V., and Van der Linden, A.: A Customizable 3-Dimensional Digital Atlas of the Canary Brain in Multiple Modalities. Neuroimage, 57, 2: 352-361 (2011)

Voigt, C., Gahr, M.: Social status affects the degree of sex difference in the songbird brain. PLoS One 6(6), e20723, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020723 (2011)

Voigt, C., Meiners, T., Ter Maat, A., and Leitner, S.: Multisensory non-photoperiodic cue advances the onset of seasonal breeding in Island Canaries (Serinus canaria). Journal of Biological Rhythms 26, 434-440 (2011)

Woodgate, J.L., Leitner, S., Catchpole, C.K., Berg, M.L., Bennett, A.T.D., Buchanan, K.L.: Developmental stressors that impair song learning in males do not appear to affect female preferences for song complexity in the zebra finch. Behavioral Ecology 22, 566-573 (2011) doi:10.1093/beheco/arr006

  2010  

de Boer, P. A. C. M., Jansen, R. F., ter Maat, A., van Straalen, N. M. and Koene, J. M.: The distinction between retractor and protractor muscles of the freshwater snail’s male organ has no physiological basis. Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 40-44 (2010)

Beckers, G.J.L. and Gahr, M.: Neural processing of short-term recurrence in songbird vocal communication. PLoS One 5, e11129 (2010) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011129

Derégnaucourt, S.: Interspecific Hybridization as a Tool to Understand Vocal Divergence: The Example of Crowing in Quail (Genus Coturnix). PLoS ONE 5 (2), e945 Open Access

Geberzahn, N., Goymann, W. and ten Cate, C.: Threat signaling in female song - evidence from playback in a sex-role reversed species. Behavioral Ecology 21, 1147-1155 (2010)

Goymann W.: Pair-Bonding, Mating Systems and Hormones. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, volume 2, pp. 611-617 Oxford: Academic Press (2010)

Goymann, W. and Hofer, H.: Mating systems, social behaviour and hormones. In Animal Behaviour: Evolution and mechanisms (ed. P. M. Kappeler), pp. 465-501. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag (2010)

Goymann, W., Spina, F., Ferri, A. and Fusani, L.: Body fat influences departure from stopover sites in migratory birds: evidence from whole-island telemetry. Biology Letters 6, 478-481 (2010)

Hirschenhauser, K., Weiß, B.M., Haberl, W., Möstl, E. and Kotrschal, K.: Female androgen patterns and within-pair testosterone compatibility in domestic geese (Anser domesticus). Gen. Comp. Endocrin, 165, 2: 195-203 (2010)

Honarmand, M., Goymann, W. and Naguib, M.: Stressful dieting: Nutritional conditions but not compensatory growth elevate corticosterone in nestlings and fledglings. PlosOne 5, e12930 (2010)

Koene, J.M., Sloot, W., Montagne-Wajer, K., Cummins, S.F., Degnan, B.M., Smith, J.S., Nagle, G.T. and Ter Maat, A.: Male accessory gland protein reduces egg laying in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. PLoS ONE 5: e10117 (2010)

Kotrschal K., Scheiber I.B.R. and Hirschenhauser K.: Individual performance in complex social systems: the greylag example. In Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms (Ed P Kappeler). Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp 119-148 (2010)

Landys MM, Goymann W, Schwabl I, Trapschuh M, Slagsvold T: Impact of season and social challenge on testosterone and corticosterone levels in a year-round territorial bird. Hormones and Behavior 58: 317-325 (2010)

Ohms VR, Snelderwaard PC, ten Cate C, Beckers GJL: Vocal Tract Articulation in Zebra Finches. PLoS ONE 5(7): e11923. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011923 (2010)

Scriba M, Goymann W: European robins (Erithacus rubecula) lack an increase in testosterone during simulated territorial intrusions. Journal of Ornithology 151: 607-614 (2010)

Soares, M. C., Bshary, R., Fusani, L., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Hirschenhauser, K., Oliveira, R. F.: Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 365, 2737-2750 (2010)

Vellema, M., Van der Linden, A., and Gahr, M. : Area-specific migration and recruitment of new neurons in the adult songbird brain. J. Comp. Neurol. 518 : 1442-1459 (2010)

Voigt, C., Leitner, S.: No correlation between song and circulating testosterone levels during multiple broods in the domesticated canary (Serinus canaria). Ethology 116: 113-119 (2010)

Vreys, R., Vande Velde, G., Krylychkina, O., Vellema, M., Verhoye, M., Timmermans, J.P., Baekelandt, V., and Van der Linden, A.: MRI visualization of endogenous neural progenitor cell migration in the adult mouse brain: validation of various MPIO labeling strategies. Neuroimage 49 : 2094-2103 (2010)

Weiß B.M., Kotrschal K., Möstl E. and Hirschenhauser K.: Social and life-history correlates of hormonal partner compatibility in greylag geese (Anser anser). Behav. Ecol. 21, 138-143 (2010)

Woodgate, J.L., Bennett, A.T.D., Leitner, S., Catchpole, C.K., Buchanan, K.L.: Developmental stress and female mate choice behaviour in the zebra finch. Animal Behaviour, 79, 1381-1390 (2010)

  2009  

Belzner, S., Voigt, C., Catchpole, C.K., Leitner, S.: Song learning in domesticated canaries in a restricted acoustic environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Volume: 276, 1669: 2881-2886 (2009)

Buehler, D.M., Koolhaas, A., Van’t Hof, T.J., Schwabl, I., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T., Tieleman, I.: No evidence for melatonin-linked immunoenhancement over the annual cycle of an avian species. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 195: 445-451.

Derégnaucourt, S., Saar, S., Gahr, M.: Dynamics of crowing development in the domestic Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 276, 1665: 2153-2162 (2009)

Forstmeier, W., Burger, C., Temnow, K. and Derégnaucourt, S.: The genetic basis of zebra finch vocalizations. Evolution, 63: 2114-2130 (2009)

Frey R. and Goymann W.: A single functional testis and long deferent duct papillae - the peculiar male reproductive tract of the classically polyandrous, sex-role reversed black coucal (Centropus grillii). Journal of Ornithology, 150, 827-838 (2009)

Fusani L., Cardinale M., Carere C. and Goymann W.: Stopover decision during migration: physiological conditions predict nocturnal restlessness in wild passerines. Biology Letters, 5, 302-305 (2009)

Geberzahn, N., Goymann, W, Muck, C, ten Cate, C.: Females alter their song when challenged in a sex-role reversed bird species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64: 193-204 (2009)

Goymann W.: Social modulation of androgens in male birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 163, 149-157. Invited review (2009)

Hartog, T. E., Dittrich, F., Pieneman, A. W., Jansen, R. F., Frankl-Vilches, C., Lessmann, V., Lilliehook, C., Goldman, S. A., and Gahr, M.: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling in the HVC Is Required for Testosterone-Induced Song of Female Canaries. Journal of Neuroscience 29: 15511-15519 (2009)

Helm, B., Schwabl, I. and Gwinner, E.: Circannual basis of geographically distinct bird schedules. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212: 1259-1269 (2009)

Koene, J. M., Montagne-Wajer, K., Roelofs, D. and Ter Maat, A.: The fate of received sperm in the reproductive tract of a hermaphroditic snail and its implications for fertilisation. Evolutionary Ecology 23, 533-543 (2009)

Leitner, S., Mundy, P., Voigt, C.: Morphometrics of White-browed Sparrow Weavers in south-western Zimbabwe. Ostrich, 80, 2: 99-102 (2009)

Leitner, S., Voigt, C.: Book review: Neuroscience of Birdsong. Emu 109, 279-280 (2009)

Muck C, Kempenaers B, Kuhn S, Valcu M and Goymann W: Paternity in the classical polyandrous black coucal (Centropus grillii) - a cuckoo accepting cuckoldry? Behavioral Ecology, 20: 1185-1193 (2009)

Silverin, B., Gwinner, E., Van’t Hof, T.J., Schwabl, I., Fusani, L., Hau, M. and Helm, B.: Persistent diel melatonin rhythmicity during the Arctic summer in free-living willow warblers. Hormones and Behavior 56: 163-168 (2009)

  2008  

Apfelbeck B, Raess M: Behavioural and hormonal effects of social isolation and neophobia in a gregarious bird species, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Hormones and Behavior 54: 435-441 (2008).

Buehler, D. M., Bhola N., Barjaktarov D., Goymann W., Schwabl I., Tieleman B. I. and Piersma T.: Constitutive immune function responds more slowly to capture stress than corticosterone in a shorebird. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81, 673-681 (2008).

Gahr, M., Metzdorf, R., Schmidl, D., Wickler, W.: Bi-Directional Sexual Dimorphisms of the Song Control Nucleus HVC in a Songbird with Unison Song. PLoS ONE 3: e3073 (2008)

Goymann, W., Trappschuh, M. and Fusani, L.: A gentler method to raise melatonin levels in birds. Journal of Biological Rhythms 23, 274-277 (2008).

Goymann, W., Wittenzellner, A., Schwabl, I. and Makomba, M.: Progesterone modulates aggression in sex-role reversed female African black coucals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 275, 1053-1060 (2008).

Hau E., Gill S. and Goymann W.: Tropical field endocrinology: Ecology and evolution of testosterone concentrations in male birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 157, 241-248. Invited review. (2008)

Markman, S., Leitner, S., Catchpole, C., Barnsley, S., Müller, C.T., Pascoe, D., Buchanan, K.L.: Pollutants increase song complexity and the volume of the brain area HVC in a songbird, PLoS One 3, e1674 (2008).

Poirier, C., Vellema, M., Verhoye, M., Van Meir, M., Balthazart, J., and Van Der Linden, A.: A three-dimensional MRI atlas of the zebra finch brain in stereotaxic coordinates. Neuroimage 41: 1-6 (2008)

Scriba, M. and Goymann, W.: The decoy matters! Behavioural and hormonal differences in the reaction of European robins towards stuffed and live decoys. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 155, 511-516 (2008).

Smit, A. E., Van der Geest, J. N., Vellema, M., Koekkoek, B., Willemsen, R., Govaerts, L., Oostra, B. A., De Zeeuw, C. I., VanderWerf, F.: Savings and Extinction of Conditioned Eyeblink Responses in Fragile X Syndrome. Genes, Brain and Behavior 7: 770-777 (2008)

Voigt, C., Leitner, S.: Seasonality in song behaviour revisited: Seasonal and annual variants and invariants in the song of the domesticated canary (Serinus canaria). Hormones and Behavior 54, 373-378 (2008).

  2007  

Agate Robert, Hertel Moritz, Fernando Nottebohm: FnTm2, a novel transcript dynamically expressed in the song learning circuit of the zebra finch. J. of Comp Neur. 504, 127-148 (2007).

Gahr, M.: Sexual Differentiation of the Vocal Control System of Birds. Adv Genet., 59: 67-105 (2007).

Goymann, W., Landys, M. M. and Wingfield, J. C.: Distinguishing seasonal androgen responses from male-male androgen responsiveness - revisiting the Challenge Hypothesis. Hormones and Behavior, 51, 463-476 (2007).

Goymann, W., Schwabl, I., Trappschuh, M. and Hau, M.: Use of ethanol for preserving steroid and indoleamine hormones in bird plasma. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 150, 191-195 (2007).

Hodgson, Z.G., Meddle, S.L., Roberts, M.L., Buchanan, K.L., Matthew, R.E., Metzdorf, R., Gahr, M., Healy, S.D.: Spatial ability is impaired and hippocampal mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA expression reduced in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) selected for acute high corticosterone response to stress. Proc. of the Royal Society, 22; 274 (1607): 239-45 (2007).

Landys, M. M., Goymann, W., Räß, M., Slagsvold, T.: Hormonal Responses to Male-Male Social Challenge in the Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus: Single-Broodedness as an Explanatory Variable. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80 (2), 228-240 (2007).

Leitner, S., Catchpole, C.K.: Song and brain development in canaries raised under different conditions of acoustic and social isolation over two years. Develop Neurobiol 67: 1478-1487 (2007).

Leitner, S.: Environmental factors affecting song control and song perception in songbirds. J Ornithol 148: S539-S545 (2007) (Review article).

Li XC, Wang X., J Thannenhauser, Podell S., Mukherjee P., Hertel M, Nottebohm F. and Gaasterland T.: Genomic recources for songbird research and their use in characterizing gene expression during brain development. PNAS 104/16, 6839 and early online publication (2007).

Metz, M., Geberzahn, N., Hansen, L. H., Klump, G. M. and Friedl, T. W.: Effects of behavioural time budgets and nest-building efficiency on male reproductive performance in red bishops (Euplectes orix). Journal of Ornithology 148, 145-155 (2007)

Ter Maat, A. et al.: Food intake, growth, and reproduction as affected by day length and food availability in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. American Malacological Bulletin 23, 113-120 (2007)

Voigt, C. and Goymann, W.: Sex-role reversal is reflected in the brain of African black coucals (Centropus grillii).Developmental Neurobiology 67, 1560-1573 (2007).

Voigt, C., Goymann, W., Leitner, S.: Green Matters! Growing vegetation stimulates breeding under short-day conditions in wild canaries (Serinus canaria). J Biol Rhythms 22: 554-557 (2007).

Voigt, C., Leitner, S., Gahr, M.: Socially induced brain differentiation in a cooperatively breeding songbird. Proc. of the Royal Society, 274: 2645-2651 (2007).

  2006  

Bolhuis, J.J, Gahr, M.: Neural mechanisms of bird song memory. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 7, No 5: 347-357 (2006).

Dietzen, C., Voigt, C., Wink, M., Gahr, M., Leitner, S.: Phylogeography of island canary (Serinus canaria) populations. Journal of Ornithology, 147. 485-494 (2006).

Fusani, L., Gahr, M.: Hormonal influence on song structure and organization: The role of estrogen. Neuroscience, 138 (3): 939-946 (2006).

Gil D, Naguib M, Riebel K, Rutstein A, Gahr M.: Early condition, song learning, and the volume of song brain nuclei in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). J Neurobiol., 66 (14): 1602-1612 (2006).

Goymann, W., Geue, D., Schwabl, I., Flinks, H., Schmidl, D., Schwabl, H., Gwinner, E.: Testosterone and corticosterone during the breeding cycle of equatorial and European stonechats (Saxicola torquata axillaris and Saxicola torquata rubicola). Hormones and Behavior, 50, 779-785 (2006).

Goymann, W., Trappschuh, M., Jensen, W., Schwabl, I.:Low ambient temperature increases food intake and dropping production, leading to incorrect estimates of hormone metabolite concentrations in European stonechats. Hormones and Behavior, 49, 644-653 (2006).

Goymann, Wolfgang: Verhaltensendokrinologie. In: Naguib, Marc (Eds.): Methoden der Verhaltensbiologie. Springer, Berlin, 2006, pp. 190-195.

Leitão, A., ten Cate, C. and Riebel, K.: Within-song complexity in a songbird is meaningful to both male and female receivers. Animal Behaviour, 71: 1289-1296 (2006).

Leitner, S., Marshall, R. C., Leisler, B. and Catchpole, C. K.: Male Song Quality, Egg Size and Offspring Sex in Captive Canaries (Serinus canaria). Ethology 112: 554-563 (2006).

Lombardino AJ, Hertel M., Li X-C Haripal B, Harris-Martin L, Pariser E. and Nottebohm F.: Expression profiling of intermingeled long-range projection neurons harvested by laser capture microdissection. Journal of Neuroscience Methodes 157, 195-207 (2006).

Muck, C. and Nager, R. : The effect of hatching order and laying order on the timing of hatching and its consequences on hatching asynchrony. Animal Behaviour, 71 (4): 885-892 (2006).

Muck, C. and Zeller, U. : Small mammal communities on cattle and game grazing areas in Namibia. African Zoology, 41 (2): 215-223 (2006).

Peters, A., Delhey, K., Goymann, W. and Kempenaers, B.: Age-dependent association between testosterone and crown UV coloration in male blue tits (Parus caeruleus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59, 666-673 (2006).

Schregardus, D.S., Pieneman, A.W., ter Maat, A., Jansen, R.F., Brouwer, T.J.F., Gahr, M.: A lightwight telemetry system for recording neuronal activity in freely behaving small animals. J Neurosci Methods, 155 (1): 62-71 (2006).

Steiger, S. S., Goymann, W. and Kempenaers, B.: Plasma steroid hormones in two Arctic-breeding shorebirds: Monogamy versus polygyny. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 147, 133-140 (2006).

Voigt C, Leitner S, Gahr, M.: Repertoire and structure of duet and solo songs in cooperatively breeding white-browed sparrow weavers. Behaviour, 143: 159-182 (2006).

  2005  

Barilani M., Derégnaucourt S., Gallego S., Galli L., Mucci N., Piombo R., Puigcerver M., Rimondi S., Rodríguez-Teijeiro J.D., Spanò S., Randi E.: Detecting hybridization in wild (Coturnix c. coturnix) and domesticated (Coturnix c. japonica) quail populations. Biological Conservation, 126: 445-455 (2005)

Bauchinger, U. and Goymann, W.: Two workshops in Ornithology - A gerneral introduction and dedication to Ebo Gwinner. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046, ix-x (2005).

Derégnaucourt S., Guyomarc’h J.-C. and Belhamra M.: Comparison of migratory tendency in European Quail coturnix c. coturnix, domestic Japanese Quail coturnix c. japonica and their hybrids. Ibis 147: 25-36 (2005)

Derégnaucourt S., Guyomarc’h J.-C. and Spanò S.: Behavioural evidence of hybridization (Japanese × European) in domestic quail released as game birds. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 94: 303-318 (2005)

Derégnaucourt S., Mitra P.P., Fehér O., Pytte C. and Tchernichovski O.: How sleep affects the developmental learning of bird song. Nature 433: 710-716 (2005)

Fusani, L., Canoine, V., Goymann, W., Wikelski, M. and Hau, M.: Difficulties and special issues associated with field research in behavioral neuroendocrinology. Hormones and Behavior, 48, 484-491 (2005)

Garamszegi, L. Z., Balsby, T. J. S., Bell, B. D., Borowiec, M., Byers, B. E., Draganoiu, T., Eens, M., Forstmeier, W., Galeotti, P., Gil, D., Gorissen, L., Hansen, P., Lampe, H. M., Leitner, S., Lontkowski, J., Nagle, L., Nemeth, E., Pinxten, R., Rossi, J.-M., Saino, N., Tanvez, A., Titus, R., Török, J., Van Duyse, E., Møller, A.P.: Estimating the complexity of bird song by using capture-recapture approaches from community ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57, 305-317 (2005).

Goymann, W. and Jenni-Eiermann, S.: Introduction to the ESF Technical Meeting:Analysis of hormones in droppings and egg-yolk of birds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046, 1-4 (2005).

Goymann, W., Kempenaers, B. and Wingfield, J.C.: Breeding biology, sexually dimorphic development and nestling testosterone concentrations of the classically polyandrous African black coucal, Centropus grillii, Journal of Ornithology, 146, 314-324 (2005).

Goymann, W.: Non-invasive monitoring of hormones in bird droppings: biological validations, sampling, extraction, sex differences, and the influence of diet on hormone metabolite levels. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046, 35-53 (2005).

Jansen R, Metzdorf R, van der Roest M, Fusani L, ter Maat A, Gahr M.: Melatonin affects the temporal organization of the song of the zebra finch. FASEB J., 19: 848-850 (2005).

Koene J.M., A. ter Maat: Sex role alternation in the simultaneously hermaphroditic pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis is determined by the availability of seminal fluid. Animal Behaviour, 69: 845-850 (2005).

Leitner, S., Voigt, C., Metzdorf, R. and Catchpole, C.K.: Immediate Early Gene (ZENK, Arc) Expression in the Auditory Forebrain of Female Canaries Varies in Response to Male Song Quality. JNeurobiol: 275-284 (2005).

Lombardino AJ, Li XC, Hertel M., Nottebohm F.: Replaceable neurons and neurodegenerative disease share depressed UCHL1 levels. PNAS 102 (22), 8036-8041 (2005) (equal second author).

Spencer, K. A., Buchanan, K. L., Leitner, S., Goldsmith, A. R. and Catchpole, C. K.: Parasites affect song complexity and neural development in a songbird. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 272: 2037-2043 (2005).

Wingfield J.C., Moore I.T., Goymann W., Wacker D. and Sperry T.: Contexts and ethology of vertebrate aggression: Implications for the evolution of hormone-behavior interactions. In Biology of Aggression (Ed. by Randy Nelson). Oxford University Press, 179-210 (2005).

  2004  

Buchanan, K. L., Leitner, S., Spencer, K. A., Goldsmith, A. R. and Catchpole, C. K.: Developmental stress selectively affects the song control nucleus HVC in the zebra finch. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 271: 2381-2386 (2004).

Derégnaucourt S., Mitra P.P., Fehér O., Maul K.K., Lints T.J. and Tchernichovski O.: Song Development: In Search of the Error-Signal. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1016: 364-376 (2004)

Gahr, M.: Hormone-dependent neural plasticity in the juvenile and adult song system: what makes a successful male? Ann N Y Acad Sci., 1016: 684-703 (2004).

Gahr, M.: Where is the asexual brain? Horm. Behav., 46 (1): 130 (2004).

Geberzahn, N. and Hultsch, H.: Rules of song development and their use in vocal interactions by birds with large repertoires. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences 76, 209-218 (2004)

Goymann, W. and Wingfield J.C.: Allostatic load, social status, and stress hormones - the costs of social status matter. Animal Behaviour 67, 591-602 (2004).

Goymann, W., and Wingfield J.C.: Competing females and caring males. II. Sex steroids in African black coucals, Centropus grilli. Animal Behaviour 68, 733-740 (2004).

Goymann, W., Moore I.T., Scheuerlein A., Hirschenhauser K., Grafen A. and Wingfield J.C.: Testosterone in tropical birds: effects of environmental and social factors. American Naturalist, 164, 327-334 (2004).

Goymann, W., Wittenzellner A. and Wingfield J.C.: Competing females and caring males. 1. Polyandry and sex-role reversal in African black coucals (Centropus grillii). Ethology 110, 807-823 (2004).

Jimenez C.R., A. ter Maat, A. Pieneman, A.L. Burlingame, A.B. Smit, K.W. Li: Spatio-temporal dynamics of the egg-Laying inducing peptides during an egg-laying cycle: a quantitative MALDI-MS approach. J. Neurochem., 89: 865-875 (2004).

Leitão, A., van Dooren, T. J. M. Riebel, K.: Temporal variation in chaffinch Fringilla coelebs song: interrelations between the trill and flourish. Journal of Avian Biology, 35: 199-203 (2004).

Leitner, S. and Catchpole, C.K.: Syllable Repertoire and the Size of the Song Control System in Captive Canaries (Serinus canaria). JNeurobiol: 294-301 (2004).

Muck, C. and Zeller, U. : Kleinsäugerpopulationen zweier unterschiedlich genutzter Weideflächen in Namibia. Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt 4, Bundesamt für Naturschutz 96-101 (2004).

Painter S.D., S.F. Cummins, A.E. Nichols, D.B. Akalal, C.H. Schein, W. Braun, J.S. Smith, A.J. Susswein, M. Levy, P.A. de Boer, A. ter Maat, M.W. Miller, C. Scanlan, R.M. Milberg, J.V. Sweedler, G.T. Nagle: Structural and functional analysis of Aplysia attractins, a family of water-borne protein pheromones with interspecific attractiveness. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 101 (18): 6929-33 (2004).

Rödl, T., Goymann W., Schwabl I. and Gwinner E.: Excremental androgen metabolite concentrations and gonad sizes in temperate-zone vs. tropical stonechats (Saxicola torquata ssp.). General and Comparative Endocrinology 139, 124-130 (2004).

Rybak, F. and Gahr, M.. Modulation by steroid hormones of a "sexy" acoustic signal in an Oscine species, the common Canary Serinus Canaria. An Acad Bras Cienc., 76 (2): 365-7 (2004).

Tchernichovski O., Lints T.J.,Derégnaucourt S., Cimenser A. and Mitra P.P.:Studying the Song Development Process. Rationale and Methods. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1016: 348-363 (2004)

Voigt, C., Metzdorf, R., Gahr, M.: Differential expression pattern and steroid hormone sensitivity of SNAP-25 and Synaptoporin mRNA in the telencephalic song control nucleus HVC of the zebra finch. J. Comp. Neurology, 475: 83-94 (2004).

  2003  

Becker JC, Hertel M, Markmann A, Shahin M, Werner S, Domschke W, Pohle T.: Dynamics and localization of activin A expression in rat gastric ulcers. Scand J Gastroenterol. 38 (3), 260-267 (2003).

Derégnaucourt S. and Guyomarc’h J.-C.: Mating Call Discrimination in Female European (Coturnix c. coturnix) and Japanese Quail (Coturnix c. japonica) quail populations. Ethology 109: 107-119 (2003)

Fusani, L., Metzdorf, R., Hutchison, J.B., Gahr, M.: Aromatase inhibition affects testosterone-induced masculinization of song and the neural song system in female canaries. J. Neurobiol., 54: 370-379 (2003).

Gahr, M.: Male Japanese quails with female brains do not show male behavior Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 100 No. 13: 7959-7964 (2003).

Geberzahn, N.: Is quantity of song type use in adult birds related to singing during development? Behaviour 140, 593-602 (2003)

Geberzahn, N. and Hultsch, H.: Long-time storage of song types in birds: evidence from interactive playbacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 270, 1085-1090 (2003)

Goymann, W., East M.L. and Hofer H.: Defense of females, but not social status predicts plasma androgen levels in male spotted hyenas. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76, 586-593 (2003).

Goymann, W., East M.L., Wachter B., Höner O.P., Möstl E. and Hofer H.: Social status does not predict corticosteroid levels in post-dispersal male spotted hyenas. Hormones and Behavior 43, 474-479 (2003).

Halle, F, Gahr, M, Kreutzer, M.: Effects of unilateral lesions of HVC on song patterns of male domesticated canaries. J. Neurobiol., 56 (4): 303-314 (2003).

Halle, F, Gahr, M, Kreutzer, M.: Impaired recovery of syllable repertoires after unilateral lesions of the HVC of male domesticated canaries. Animal. Biol., 53 (2): 113-128 (2003).

Leitão, A. and Riebel, K.: Are good ornaments bad armaments? Male chaffinch perception of songs with varying flourish length. Animal Behaviour, 66: 161-167 (2003).

Leitner, S., Van’t Hof, T., Gahr, M.: Flexible reproduction in wild canaries is independent of photoperiod. General Comp. Endocrinol., 130: 102-108 (2003).

Leitner,S., Van’t Hof, T. J. and Gahr, M.: Erratum to "Flexible reproduction in wild canaries is independent of photoperiod". [Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 130 (2003), 102-108. General and Comparative Endocrinology 132: 181 (2003).

Todt, D. and Geberzahn, N.: Age dependent effects of song exposure: song crystallization sets a boundary between fast and delayed vocal imitation. Animal Behaviour 65, 971-979 (2003)

Voigt C., Leitner, S. and Gahr, M.: Mate fidelity in a population of Island Canaries Serinus canaria in the Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Ornithology 144: 86-92 (2003).

  2002  

Canoine, V., Hayden T.J., Rowe K. and Goymann W.: The stress response of European stonechats depends on the type of stressor. Behaviour 139, 1303-1311 (2002).

Derégnaucourt S., Guyomarc’h J.-C. and Aebischer N.J.: Hybridization between European Quail coturnix coturnix and japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica). Ardea 90, 1: 15-21 (2002)

Gahr, M., Leitner, S., Fusani, L., Rybak, F.: What is the adaptive role of neurogenesis in adult birds? Progress in Brain Research, 138: Chapter 15: 233-254 (2002).

Geberzahn, N., Hultsch, H. and Todt, D.: Latent song type memories are accessible through auditory stimulation in a hand-reared songbird. Animal Behaviour 64, 93-100 (2002)

Gil, D., Gahr, M.: The honesty of bird song: multiple constrains for multiple traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 17: 133-140 (2002).

Godsave, S.F., Lohmann, R., Vloet, R.P.M., Gahr, M.: Androgen receptors in the embryonic zebra finch hindbrain suggest a function for maternal androgens in peri-hatching survival. J. Comp.Neurol., 453: 57-70 (2002).

Goymann, W., Möstl E. and Gwinner E.: Corticosterone metabolites can be measured non-invasively in excreta of European stonechats, Saxicola torquata rubicola. The Auk 119, 1167-1173 (2002).

Goymann, W., Möstl E. and Gwinner E.: Non-invasive methods to measure androgen metabolites in excreta of European stonechats, Saxicola torquata rubicola. General and Comparative Endocrinology 129, 80-87 (2002).

Halle, F., Gahr, M., Pieneman, A.W., Kreutzer, M.: Recovery of song preferences after excitotoxic HVC lesion in female canaries. J. Neurobiol., 52: 1-13 (2002).

Hertel Moritz, Susanne Braun, Silke Durka, Christian Alzheimer and Sabine Werner: Upregulation and activation of the Nrf-1 transcription factor in the lesioned hippocampus as a novel neuroprotective mechanism against reactive oxygen species. Eur J Neurosci. 10, 1707-1711 (2002).

Koene J.M., A. ter Maat: The distinction between pheromones and allohormones. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 188: 163-164 (2002).

Leitner, S. and Catchpole, C.K.: Female Canaries That Respond and Discriminate More between Male Songs of Different Quality Have a Larger Song Control Nucleus (HVC) in the Brain. JNeurobiol: 294-301 (2002).

Leitner, S., Nicholson, J., Leisler, B., DeVoogd, T. J. and Catchpole, C. K.: Song and the song control pathway in the brain can develop independently of exposure to song in the sedge warbler. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269: 2519-2524 (2002).

Préault M., Derégnaucourt S., Sorci G., Faivre B.: Does beak coloration of male blackbirds play a role in intra and/or intersexual selection?. Behavioural Processes 58: 91-96 (2002)

  2001  

Derégnaucourt S., Guyomarc’h J.-C., Richard V.: Classification of hybrid crows in quail using artificial neural networks. Behavioural Processes 56: 103-112 (2001)

Fusani, L., Gahr, M., Hutchison, J.B.: Aromatase inhibition reduces specifically one display of the ring dove courtship behavior. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 122: 23-30 (2001).

Fusani, L., Hutchison, J.B., Gahr, M.: Testosterone regulates the activity and expression of telencephalic aromatase in female canaries. J.Neurobiol., 49: 1-8 (2001).

Gahr, M.: Distribution of sex steroid hormone receptors in the avian brain: functional implications for neural sex differences and sexual behaviors. Microsc. Res. Technique, 55: 1-11 (2001).

Goymann, W., East M.L. and Hofer H. : Androgens and the role of female "hyperaggressiveness" in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Hormones and Behavior 39, 83-92 (2001).

Goymann, W., East M.L., Wachter B., Höner O.P., Möstl E., Van’t Hof T.J. and Hofer H.: Social, state-dependent and environmental modulation of faecal corticosteroid levels in free-ranging female spotted hyenas. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 268, 2453-2459 (2001).

Guyomarc’h C., Lumineau S., Vivien-Roels B., Richard J.-P. and Derégnaucourt S.: Effect of melatonin supplementation on the sexual development in European quail (Coturnix coturnix). Behavioural Processes 53: 121-130 (2001)

Jong-Brink M. de, A. ter Maat, C.P. Tensen: NPY in invertebrates: molecular answers to altered functions during evolution. Peptides, 22: 309-315 (2001).

Koene J.M., A. ter Maat: "Allohormones": A class of bioactive substances favoured by sexual selection. J. Comp.Physiol., 187 (5): 323-326 (2001).

Koene J.M., R.F. Jansen, A. ter Maat, R. Chase: A conserved location for the central nervous system control of mating behaviour in gastropod molluscs: Evidence from a terrestrial snail. Journal of Experimental Biology, 203: 1071-1080 (2001).

Leitner, S., Voigt, C., Gahr, M.: Seasonal changes in the song pattern of the non-domesticated island canary (Serinus canaria), a field study. Behaviour, 138: 885-904 (2001).

Leitner, S., Voigt, C., Garcia-Segura, L.M., Van’t Hof, T., Gahr, M.): Seasonal activation and inactivation of song motor memories in wild canaries is not reflected in neuroanatomical changes of forebrain song areas. Hormon. Behav., 40: 160-168 (2001).

Munz Barbara, Yvonne P. Tretter, Moritz Hertel, Felix Engelhardt, Christian Alzheimer, and Sabine Werner: The roles of activin in repair processes of the skin and the brain. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 180, 169-177 (2001).

Todt, D., Cirillo, J., Geberzahn, N. and Schleuss, F.: The role of hierarchy levels in vocal imitations of songbirds. Cybernetics and Systems: An International Journal 32, 257-283 (2001)

  2000  

Del Negro, C., Kreutzer, M., Gahr, M.: Sexually-stimulating signals of the canary songs: Evidence for a female-specific auditory representation in the nucleus HVc during the breeding season. Behav. Neurosci., 114: 526-542 (2000).

Doutrelant, C., Leitão, A., Otter, K., Lambrechts, M. M.: Effect of blue tit song syntax on great tit territorial responsiveness - an experimental test of the character shift hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 48 (2): 119-124 (2000).

Fusani, L., Van 't Hof. T., Hutchison J.B., Gahr, M.: 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 (2000).

Gahr, M.: The neural song control system of hummingbirds: A comparison with swifts, vocal learning (songbirds) and non-learning (sub-oscines) passerines, vocal learning (budgerigars) and non-learning (dove, owl, gull, quail, chicken) non-passerines. J. Comp. Neurol., 426: 182-196 (2000).

Goymann, W., Leippert D. and Hofer H.: Sexual segregation, roosting, and social behaviour in a free-ranging colony of Indian false vampires, Megaderma lyra. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 65, 138-148 (2000).

Hertel Moritz, Yvonne Tretter, Christian Alzheimer, and Sabine Werner: Connective tissue growth factor: A novel player in tissue reorganization after brain injury. Eur. J. Neurosci, 12, 376-380 (2000).

Leippert, D., Goymann W. and Hofer H.: Between-litter siblicide in captive Indian false vampire bats, Megaderma lyra. Journal of Zoology London 251, 537-540 (2000).

Leippert, D., Goymann W., Hofer H., Marimuthu G. and Balasingh J.: Roost mate communication in adult Indian False Vampire Bats (Megaderma lyra): An indication of individuality in temporal and spectral pattern. Animal Cognition 3, 99-106 (2000).

Lohmann, R., Gahr, M.: Muscle-dependent and hormone-dependent differentiation of the vocal control premotor nucleus robustus archistriatalis and the motornucleus. J. Neurobiol., 42: 220-231 (2000).

Reuss Bernhard, Moritz Hertel, Sabine Werner and Klaus Unsicker: Fibroblast growth factors -5 and -9 distinctly regulated expression and function of the gap function protein connexin43 in cultured astroglial cells from different brain regions. Glia, 30, 231-241 (2000).

Tretter Yvonne, Moritz Hertel, Barbara Munz, Gerrit ten Bruggencate, Sabine Werner and Christian Alzheimer: Induction of activin A is essential for the neuroprotective action of bFGF in vivo. Nat. Med. 6, 812-815 (2000).

  1990-1999  

Dittrich, F., Feng, Y., Metzdorf, R., Gahr, M.: Estrogen-inducible, sex-specific expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in a forebrain song control nucleus of the juvenile zebra finch. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96: 8241-8246 (1999).

Doutrelant, C., Leitão, A., Giorgi, M. and Lambrechts, M. M.: Geographical variation in blue tit song, the result of an adjustement to vegetation type? Behaviour, 136: 481-493 (1999).

Gahr, M., Metzdorf, R.: The sexually dimorphic expression of androgen receptors in the song nucleus hyperstriatalis ventrale pars caudale of the zebra finch develops independently of gonadal steroids. J. Neurosci., 19: 2628-2636 (1999).

Gehr, D.D., Capsius, B., Grabner, P., Gahr, M., Leppelsack, H-J.: Functional organisation of the field-L-complex of adult male zebra finches. NeuroReport, 10: 375-380 (1999).

Goymann, W., Leippert D. and Hofer H.: Parturition, postnatal growth and mother-pup interactions in Indian false vampire bats, Megaderma lyra. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 64, 321-331 (1999).

Goymann, W., Möstl E., Van't Hof T., East M.L. and Hofer H.: Noninvasive fecal monitoring of glucocorticoids in spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta. General and Comparative Endocrinology 114, 340-348 (1999).

Jansen R.F., A.W. Pieneman, A. ter Maat: Pattern generation in the buccal system of freely behaving Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Neurophysiol., 82 (6): 3378-91 (1999).

Jong-Brink M. de, Reid, C.N., Tensen, C.P., Maat, A. Ter: Parasites flicking the NPY gene on the host’s switchboard: why NPY? The Faseb J. 13: 1972-1984 (1999).

Koene J.M., R.F. Jansen, A. ter Maat, R. Chase: An in vivo electrophysiological study of mating behaviour in the snail Helix aspersa. (Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development), Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 36: 123-127 (1999).

Metzdorf, R., Gahr, M., Fusani, L.: Distribution of aromatase-, estrogen receptor, and androgen receptor mRNA in the forebrain of songbirds and non-songbirds. J. Comp. Neurol., 407: 114-129 (1999).

Bergeron J. M., Gahr, M., Horan, K., Wibbels, T., Crew, D.: Cloning and in situ hybridization analysis of estrogen receptor in the developing gonad of the red earded slider turtle, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. Dev. Growth Differ., 40 (2): 243-254 (1998).

Boer P.A.C.M., R.F. Jansen, J.M. Koene, A. ter Maat: Nervous control of male sexual drive in the hermaphroditic snail Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Exp. Biol., 200: 941-951 (1998).

Gahr, M., Sonnenschein, E., Wickler, W.: Sex difference in the size of the neural song control regions in a dueting songbird with similar song repertoire size of males and females. J. Neurosci., 18: 24-1131 (1998).

Lange R.P.J. de, P.A.C.M. de Boer, A. ter Maat, C.P. Tensen, J. van Minnen: Transmitter identification in neurons involved in male copulation behavior in Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Comp. Neurol., 395: 440-449 (1998).

Voigt C. and Leitner, S.: Breeding biology of the Island Canary Serinus canaria (Aves: Fringillidae) on the Desertas Island Ilhéu Chão. Bol. Mus. Mun. Funchal 50 (290): 117-124 (1998).

Boer P.A.C.M. de, A. ter Maat, A.W. Pieneman, R.P. Croll, M. Kurokawa, R.F. Jansen: Functional role of peptidergic anterior lobe neurons in male sexual behavior of the snail Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Neurophysiol., 78: 2823-2833 (1997).

Del Negro, C., Gahr, M., Leboucher, G., Kreutzer, M.: The selectivity of sexual responses to song displays: effects of partial chemical lesion of the HVC in female canaries. Behav. Brain Res. (1997).

Gahr, M.: How should brain nuclei be delineated? Consequences for developmental mechanisms and for correlations of area size, neuron numbers and functions of brain nuclei. Trends in Neuroscience, 20: 58-62 (1997).

Gahr, M., Metzdorf, R., Aschenbrenner, S.: The ontogeny of the canary HVC revealed by the expression of androgen and estrogen receptors. NeuroReport, 8: 311-315 (1997).

Gahr, M., Metzdorf, R.: Distribution and Dynamics in the expression of androgen and estrogen receptors in vocal control systems of songbirds. Brain Res. Bull., 44 (4): 509-517 (1997).

Gahr, M., Wild, J. M.: Localization of Androgen Receptors mRNA - containing cells in avian respiratory - vocal nuclei: An In Situ hybridization study. J Neurobiol., 33 (7): 865-76 (1997).

Hermann P.M., R.P.J. de Lange, A.W. Pieneman, A.ter Maat, R.F. Jansen: The role of neuropeptides encoded on the CDCH-1 gene in the organisation of egg laying behavior in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Neurophysiology, 78: 2859-2869 (1997).

Jansen R.F., A.W. Pieneman, A.ter Maat: Behavior dependent activities of a central pattern generator in freely behaving Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Neurophysiology, 78: 3415-3427 (1997).

Boer P.A.C.M., R.F. Jansen, A.ter Maat: Copulation in the hermaphroditic snail Lymnaea stagnalis: a review. Invert. Repr. Devel., 30: 167-176 (1996).

Gahr, M.: Developmental changes in the distribution of oestrogen receptor mRNA expressing cells in the forebrain of female, male and masculinized female zebra finches. NeuroReport, 7: 2469-2473 (1996).

Gahr, M.: Motivation und Emotion. In: Lehrbuch Neurowissenschaft, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 465-486 (1996).

Gahr, M., Balaban, E.: The development of a species difference in the local distribution of brain estrogen receptive cells. Develop. Brain Res., 92: 182-189 (1996).

Gahr, M., Garcia-Segura, L.M.: Testosterone-dependent increase of gap-junctions in HVC neurons of adult female canaries. Brain Research, 702: 69-73 (1996).

Gerber, B., Geberzahn, N., Hellstern, F., Klein, J., Kowalsky, O., Wüstenberg, D. and Menzel, R.: Honey bees transfer olfactory memories established during flower visits to a proboscis extension paradigm in the laboratory. Animal Behaviour 52, 1079-1085 (1996)

Jansen R.F., A.W. Pieneman, A.ter Maat: Spontaneous switching between ortho- and antidromic spiking as the normal mode of firing in the cerebral giant neurons of freely behaving Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Neurophysiol., 76: No 6 4206-4209 (1996).

Maat A. ter, G.P. Ferguson: Neuronal input contributes to sequence of Aplysia egg laying behaviors. J. Comp. Physiol., 179: 775-783 (1996).

Vallet, E., Kreutzer, M., Gahr, M.: Testosterone induces sexual release quality in the song of female canaries. Ethology, 102: 617-628 (1996).

Gahr, M, Kosar, M.: Identification, distribution, and developmental changes of a melatonin-binding site in the song control system of the zebra finch. J. Comp. Neurol., 367: 308-318 (1995).

Young, L.J., Godwin, J., Grammer, M., Gahr, M., and Crews, D.: Reptilian sex steroid receptors: Amplification, sequence analysis and expression. J. Steroid Biochem. Molec. Biol., 55: 261-269 (1995).

Ferguson G.P., A.W. Pieneman, R.F. Jansen, A. ter Maat: Neuronal feedback in egg-laying behaviour of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis (short communication). J. Exp. Biol., 178: 251-259 (1994).

Gahr, M.: Brain structure: causes and consequences of brain sex. In: The Differences between the Sexes. Eds. R.V. Short and E. Balaban. Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 273-299 (1994).

Gahr, M.: The role of estrogen in the differentiation of the vocal control system of songbirds. Persp. Comp. Endocrinol., pp. 455-463 (1994).

Hermann P.M., A. ter Maat, R.F. Jansen: The neuronal control of egg-laying behaviour in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis: motor control of shell turning. J. Exp. Biol. 197: 79-99 (1994).

Jansen R.F., P.M. Hermann, A.W. Pieneman, A. ter Maat: Modulation of the electrical activity of motorneurons by neuropeptides encoded on the CDCH-gene of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Neth. J. Zool., 44: (3-4) 200-211 (1994).

Visser J.A.G.M. de, A. ter Maat, C. Zonneveld: Energy budgets and reproductive allocation in the simultaneous hermaphrodite pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis (L): A trade-off between male and female function. American Naturalist, 144: 861-867 (1994).

Yeoman M.S., A.W. Pieneman, G.P. Ferguson, R.F. Jansen, A. ter Maat, P.R. Benjamin: Modulatory role for the serotonergic Cerebral Giant Cells in the feeding system of the snail Lymnaea stagnalis. I. Fine wire recording in the intact animal and pharmacology. J. Neurophys., 72: 1357-1371 (1994).

Gahr, M., Güttinger, H.-R. and Kroodsma, D.: Estrogen receptors in the avian brain: survey reveals general distribution and forebrain areas unique to songbirds. J. Comp. Neurol., 327: 112-122 (1993).

Moed P.J., A.W. Pieneman, A. ter Maat: The role of intracellular pH in the regulation of electrical activity of the neuroendocrine caudodorsal cells of Lymnaea stagnalis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 105: A 711-718 (1993).

Gahr, M., Hutchison, J.B.: Behavioral action of estrogen in the male dove brain: Area differences in codistribution of aromatase activity and estrogen receptors are steroid-dependent. Neuroendocrinology, 56: 74-84 (1992).

Gahr, M., Wibbels, T. and Crews, D.: Sites of estrogen uptake in embryonic Trachemys scripta, a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination. Biol. Reprod., 46: 458-463 (1992).

Hordijk P.L., M. de Jong-Brink, A. ter Maat, A.W. Pieneman, J.C. Lodder, K.S. Kits: The neuropeptide schistosomin and haemolymph from parasitized snails induce similar changes in excitability in neuroendocrine cells controlling reproduction and growth in a freshwater snail. Neurosc. Lett., 136: 193-197 (1992).

Jansen R.F., A. ter Maat: Automatic wave form classification of extracellular multineuron recordings. J. Neurosci. Methods, 42: 123-132 (1992).

Jong-Brink M. de, P.L. Hordijk, D.P.E.J. Vergeest, H.D.F.H. Schallig, K.S. Kits, A. ter Maat: The anti-gonadotropic neuropeptide schistosomin interferes with peripheral and central neuroendocrine mechanisms involved in the regulation of reproduction and growth in the schistosome-infected snail Lymnaea stagnalis. In: The peptidergic neuron (Joosse, J., Buijs, R.M., Tilders, F.J.H., eds.). Progress in Brain Research, 92: 385-396 Elsevier Science Publishers (Biomedical Division), Amsterdam (1992).

Maat A. ter: Egg laying in the hermaphrodite pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. In: The peptidergic neuron (Joosse, J., Buijs, R.M., Tilders, F.J.H., eds.) Progress in Brain Research, 92: 345-360 Elsevier Science Publishers (Biomedical Division), Amsterdam (1992).

Maat A. ter, R.F. Jansen, G.P. Ferguson, A.W. Pieneman: Control of egg laying behavior patterns in Lymnaea stagnalis. In: Neuronal basis of motor programme selection (J.F. Kien, J.S. Altman, W. Winlow, C.R. McCrohan, eds.), 20-37 Pergamon Oxford (1992).

Seiler, H.W., Gahr, M., Goldsmith, A.R. and Güttinger, H.-R.: Prolactin and gonadal steroids during the reproductive cycle of the Bengalese Finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica, Estrildidae), a nonseasonal breeder with biparental care. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 88: 83-90 (1992).

Wilbrink M., R. Zijl, E.W. Roubos, A. ter Maat, T.A. de Vlieger, N.P.E. Vermeulen: Effects of 2,2’-dichlorobiphenyl on egg laying in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 102: C 3-9 (1992).

Brussaard A.B., A. ter Maat, J.C. Lodder, T.A. de Vlieger, K.S. Kits: Inhibitory modulation by FMRFa of the voltage gated sodium current in identified neurones in Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Physiol., 441: 385-404 (1991).

Brussaard, A.B., J.C. Lodder, A. ter Maat, T.A. de Vlieger, K.S. Kits: FMRFa affects the activation kinetics of the voltage gated sodium current in peptidergic neurons from Lymnaea. In: Molluscan Neurobiology (Kits, K.S., Bo er, H.H., Joosse, J., eds.), 103-107 North Holland Publishing Comp. Amsterdam (1991).

Maat A. ter, R.F. Jansen, G.P. Ferguson, A.W. Pieneman: The egg laying behavior of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. In: Molluscan Neurobiology (Kits, K.S., Bo er, H.H., Joosse, J., eds.), 55-60. North Holland Publishing Comp. Amsterdam (1991).

Brussaard A.B., A. ter Maat, T.A. de Vlieger, K.S. Kits: Inhibitory modulation of neuronal voltage-dependent sodium current by Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide. Neurosci. Lett., 111: 325-332 (1990).

Brussaard A.B., N.C.M. Schluter, R.H.M. Ebberink, K.S. Kits, A. ter Maat: Discharge induction in molluscan peptidergic cells requires a specific set of four autoexcitatory neuropeptides. Neurosci., 39: 479-491 (1990).

Gahr, M.: Delineation of a brain nucleus: comparisons of cytochemical, hodological, and cytoarchitectural views of the song control nucleus HVC of the adult canary. J. Comp. Neurol., 294: 30-36 (1990).

Gahr, M.: Localization of androgen receptors and estrogen receptors in the same cells in the brain of the canary. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,USA., 87: 9445-9448 (1990).

Hutchison, J.B., Schumacher, M., Steimer, Th., Gahr, M.: Are separable aromatase systems involved in hormonal regulation of the male brain? J. Neurobiol., 21: 743-759 (1990).

Janse C., A. ter Maat, A.W. Pieneman: Molluscan ovulation hormone containing neurons and age-related reproductive decline. Neurobiology of Aging, 11: 457-463 (1990).

Kits K.S., A.B. Brussaard, J.C. Lodder, A. ter Maat, T.A. de Vlieger: Electrophysiological analysis of the regulation of endocrine and neuroendocrine cells by hormones and transmitters. In: Progress in Comparative Endocrinology (A. Epple, C.G. Scanes, M.H. Stetson, eds.), 146-156. Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York (1990).

Long T.M., R.T. Hanlon, A. ter Maat, H.M. Pinsker: Non-associative learning in the squid Lolliguncula brevis. Marine Behav. Physiol., 16: 1-9 (1990).

Roubos E.W., A.M.H. van de Ven, A. ter Maat: Quantitativeultrastructural tannic acid study of the relationship between electrical activity and peptide secretion by the bag cell neurons of Aplysia californica. Neuroscience Letters, 111: 1-6 (1990).

  1983-1989  

Brussaard A.B., K.S. Kits, A. ter Maat, A.H. Mulder, A.N.M. Schoffelmeer: Peripheral injection of DNS-RFa, a FMRFa agonist, suppresses morphine induced analgesia in rats. Peptides, 10: 735-739 (1989).

Brussaard A.B., K.S. Kits, A. ter Maat: One receptor type mediates two independent effects of FMRFa on neurosecretory cells in Lymnaea. Peptides, 10: 289-297 (1989).

Ferguson G.P., A. ter Maat, H.M. Pinsker: Egg laying in Aplysia: II. Organization of central and peripheral pathways for initiating neurosecretory activity and behavioral patterns. J. Comp. Physiol., A 164: 849-857 (1989).

Ferguson G.P., D.W. Parsons, A. ter Maat, H.M. Pinsker: Egg laying in Aplysia: I. Behavioral patterns and muscle activity of freely behaving animals after selectively elicited bag cell discharges. J. Comp. Physiol., A 164: 835-847 (1989).

Maat A. ter, A.W. Pieneman, J.T. Goldschmeding, F. Smelik, G.P. Ferguson: Spontaneous and induced egg-laying behavior of the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Comp. Physiol., A 164: 673-683 (1989).

Maat A. ter, G.P. Ferguson, R.F. Jansen, A.W. Pieneman: Neural and hormonal control of egg-laying behaviors in the pond snail. In: Neural mechanisms of behavior (J. Eber, R. Menzel, H.-J. Pfluger, D. Todt, eds.). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart (1989).

Moed P.J., A.W. Pieneman, N.P.A. Bos, A. ter Maat: The role of cAMP in regulation of electrical activity of the neuroendocrine caudodorsal cells of Lymnaea stagnalis. Brain Res. 476: 298-306 (1989).

Moed P.J., N.P.A. Bos, A. ter Maat: Morphology and electrophysiological characteristics of caudodorsal cells of Lymnaea stagnalis in dissociated cell culture. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 92: A 445-453 (1989).

Balthazart, J., Gahr, M., Van Daele-Surlemmont, C.: Distribution of estrogen receptors in the brain of the Japanese Quail: an immunohistochemical study. Brain Research, 501: 205-214 (1988).

Brussaard A.B., K.S. Kits, A. ter Maat, J. van Minnen, P.J. Moed: Dual inhibitory action of FMRFamide on neurosecretory cells controlling egg laying behavior in the pond snail. Brain Res., 447: 35-51 (1988).

Brussaard A.B., K.S. Kits, A. ter Maat, J. van Minnen, P.J. Moed: The dual inhibitory action of FMRFamide on Caudo Dorsal Cells in the pond snail involves a single recognition site. In: Neurobiology of Invertebrates. Transmitters, Modulators and Receptors (J. Salanki, ed.), Symposia Biologica Hungarica, 36: 261-271 (1988).

Duivenboden Y.A. van, A. ter Maat: Mating behaviour of Lymnaea stagnalis. Malacologia,28 53-64 (1988).

Gahr, M., Konishi, M.: Developmental changes in estrogen-senstive neurons in the forebrain of the zebra finch. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 85: 7380-7383 (1988).

Geraerts W.P.M., A. ter Maat, E. Vreugdenhil: The peptidergic neuroendocrine control of egg-laying behavior in Aplysia and Lymnaea. In: Invertebrate Endocrinology, 2 Endocrinology of Selected Invertebrate Types (H. Laufer and R.G.H. Downer, eds.) 141-231 Alan R. Liss New York (1988).

Maat A. ter, W.P.M. Geraerts, R.F. Jansen, N.P.A. Bos: Chemically mediated positive feedback generates long-lasting discharge in the molluscan neuroendocrine system. Brain Res., 438: 77-82 (1988).

Ferguson G.P., A. ter Maat, H.M. Pinsker: Organization of egg-laying behaviors in intact Aplysia. In: Neurobiology: Molluscan Models. Mon. Royal Neth. Academy of Arts and Sciences (H.H. Bo er, W.P.M. Geraerts and J. Joosse, eds.), pp. 248-255. North-Holland Publishing Company Amsterdam, Oxford, New York (1987).

Gahr, M., Flügge, G. and Güttinger, H.-R.: Immunocytochemical localization of estrogen-binding neurons in the songbird brain. Brain Research, 402: 173-177 (1987).

Maat A. ter, Y.A. van Duivenboden, R.F. Jansen: Copulation and egg-laying behavior in the pond snail. In: Neurobiology: Molluscan Models. Mon. Royal Neth. Academy of Arts and Sciences (H.H. Bo er, W.P.M. Geraerts and J. Joosse, eds.), pp. 255-261. North-Holland Publishing Company Amsterdam, Oxford, New York (1987).

Moed P.J., N.P.A. Bos, K.S. Kits, A. ter Maat: The role of release products and second messengers in the regulation of electrical activity of the neuroendocrine Caudo-Dorsal Cells of Lymnaea stagnalis. In: Neurobiology: Molluscan Models. Mon. Royal Neth. Academy of Arts and Sciences (H.H. Bo er, W.P.M. Geraerts and J. Joosse, eds.), pp. 194-200. North-Holland Publishing Company Amsterdam, Oxford, New York (1987).

Ferguson G.P., A. Parsons, A. ter Maat, H.M. Pinsker: Spontaneous and elicited bag cell discharges in gonadectomized Aplysia. J. Exp. Biol., 123: 159-173 (1986).

Gahr, M., Güttinger, H.-R.: Functional aspects of singing in male and female Uraeginthus bengalus (Estrildidae) . Ethology, 72: 123-131 (1986).

Maat A. ter, F.A. Dijcks, N.P.A Bos: In vivo recordings of neuroendocrine cells (caudo-dorsal cells) in the pond snail. J. Comp. Physiol., A 158: 853-859 (1986).

Maat A. ter, N.P.A. Bos, R.F. Jansen: The action of FMRFamide and met-enkephalin on the excitability of the Caudodorsal Cells of the pond snail. In: Handbook of comparative aspects of opioid and related neuropeptide mechanisms (G.B. Stefano, ed.), 145-157. CRC Press, Boca Raton Fl. USA (1986).

Duivenboden Y.A. van, A. ter Maat: Masculinity and receptivity in the hermaphrodite pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Animal Behav., 33: 885-891 (1985).

Duivenboden Y.A. van, A.W. Pieneman, A. ter Maat: Multiple mating suppresses fecundity in the hermaphrodite freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Animal Behav., 33: 1184-1191 (1985).

Gahr, M., Güttinger, H.-R.: Korrelationen zwischen der sexualdimorphen Gehirndifferenzierung und der Verhaltensausprägung bei Prachtfinken (Estrildidae). Journal für Ornithologie, 126: 310 (1985).

Jansen R.F., A. ter Maat, N.P.A. Bos: Membrane mechanism of neuroendocrine Caudodorsal Cell inhibition by the Ring neuron in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Neurobiol., 16: 15-26 (1985).

Jansen R.F., A. ter Maat: Ring neuron control of columellar motor neurons during egg-laying behavior in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Neurobiol., 16: 1-14 (1985).

Joosse J., R.H.M. Ebberink, W.P.M. Geraerts, R.F. Jansen, A. ter Maat: The Caudodorsal Cells of Lymnaea stagnalis: primary structure of the ovulation hormone and biosynthesis and role of multiple peptides released during egg-laying. In: Neurosecretion and the Biology of Neuropeptides (H. Kobayashi et al., eds.), 50-59. Japan. Sci. Soc. Press, Tokyo, Springer Verlag, Berlin (1985).

Boer H.H., L.P.C. Schot, D. Reichelt, H. Brand, A. ter Maat: Ultrastructural immunocytochemical evidence for peptidergic neurotransmission in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Cell Tissue Res., 238: 197-201 (1984).

Geraerts W.P.M., A. ter Maat, T.M. Hogenes: Studies on release activities of the neurosecretory Caudodorsal Cells of Lymnaea stagnalis. In: Biosynthesis, Metabolism and Mode of Action of Invertebrate Hormones (J.A. Hoffmann, M. Porchet, eds.), 44-50. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (1984).

Maat A. ter, R.F. Jansen: The egg-laying behaviour of the pond snail: electrophysiological aspects. In: Biosynthesis, Metabolism and Mode of Action of Invertebrate Hormones (J.A. Hoffmann, M. Porchet, eds.), 57-62 Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (1984).

Goldschmeding J.T., M. Wilbrink, A. ter Maat: The role of the ovulation hormone in the control of egg-laying in Lymnaea stagnalis. In: Molluscan Neuro-Endocrinology. Mon. Royal Neth. Academy of Arts and Sciences (J. Lever, H.H. Boer, eds.), 251-255 North-Holland Publishing Company Amsterdam, Oxford, New York (1983).

Kits K.S., A. ter Maat: Neurophysiology of the peptidergic Caudo-Dorsal Cells in Lymnaea stagnalis. In: Molluscan Neuro-Endocrinology. Mon. Royal Neth. Academy of Arts and Sciences (J. Lever, H.H. Bo er, eds.), 60-68 North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York (1983).

Maat A. ter, J.S. Cobbs, H.M. Pinsker: Control of egg deposition in intact Aplysia brasiliana. In: Molluscan Neuro-Endocrinology. Mon. Royal Neth. Academy of Arts and Sciences (J. Lever, H.H. Bo er, eds.), 237-243 North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York (1983).

Maat, A. ter, E.W. Roubos, J.C. Lodder, P. Buma: Integration of synaptic input modulating pacemaker activity of electrotonically coupled neuroendocrine Caudo-Dorsal Cells in the pond snail. J. Neurophysiol., 49: 1392-1409 (1983).

Maat, A. ter, J.A. Koppe, H.M. Pinsker: Analysis of hormones and behavior in intact Aplysia. In: Molluscan Neuro-Endocrinology. Mon. Royal Neth. Academy of Arts and Sciences (J. Lever, H.H. Bo er, eds.), 243-250. North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York (1983).

Maat, A. ter, J.C. Lodder, M. Wilbrink: Induction of egg-laying in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis by environmental stimulation of the release of ovulation hormone from the Caudo-Dorsal Cells. Int. J. Invert. Reprod., 6: 239-247 (1983).

Parsons D.W., A. ter Maat, H.M. Pinsker: Selective recording and stimulation of individual identified neurons in freely behaving Aplysia. Science, 221: 1203-1206 (1983).

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