ReviewTrends in neurosciences2008
Sexually differentiated central pattern generators in Xenopus laevis.
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- Chemical Interference: A Review on Endocrine Disruptors and Reproductive Communication in Amphibians.Ecology and evolution · 2025Review
- Xenopus leads the way: Frogs as a pioneering model to understand the human brain.Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) · 2021Review
- Vocal pathway degradation in gonadectomized Xenopus laevis adults.Journal of neurophysiology · 2011Article
- A central pacemaker that underlies the production of seasonal and sexually dimorphic social signals: functional aspects revealed by glutamate stimulation.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2011Article
- The behavioral neuroscience of anuran social signal processing.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2010Review
- Sexually dimorphic sensory gating drives behavioral differences in tungara frogs.The Journal of experimental biology · 2010Article
- Plastic and stable electrophysiological properties of adult avian forebrain song-control neurons across changing breeding conditions.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2009Article
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Abstract
Understanding the neural mechanisms that underlie the function of central pattern generators (CPGs) presents a formidable challenge requiring sophisticated tools and well-chosen model systems. In this article, we describe recent work on vocalizations of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. These behaviors are driven by sexually differentiated CPGs and are exceptionally well suited to this objective. In particular, a simplified mechanism of vocal production (independent of respiratory musculature) allows straightforward interpretations of nerve activity with respect to behavior. Furthermore, the development of a fictively vocalizing isolated brain, together with the finding of rapid androgen-induced masculinization of female vocalizations, provides an invaluable tool for determining how new behaviors arise from existing circuits.
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