ArticleThe European journal of neuroscience2011
Estradiol-dependent catecholaminergic innervation of auditory areas in a seasonally breeding songbird.
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- Time course of photo-induced Egr-1 expression in the hypothalamus of a seasonally breeding songbird.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2020Article
- Testosterone synthesis in the female songbird brain.Hormones and behavior · 2020Article
- Auditory learning in an operant task with social reinforcement is dependent on neuroestrogen synthesis in the male songbird auditory cortex.Hormones and behavior · 2020Article
- Conditioned place preferences induced by hearing song outside the breeding season relate to neural dopamine DBehavioural brain research · 2019Article
- A chromosomal inversion predicts the expression of sex steroid-related genes in a species with alternative behavioral phenotypes.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2019Article
- Familiarity with social sounds alters c-Fos expression in auditory cortex and interacts with estradiol in locus coeruleus.Hearing research · 2018Article
- Developmental auditory exposure shapes responses of catecholaminergic neurons to socially-modulated song.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Sound-induced monoaminergic turnover in the auditory forebrain depends on endocrine state in a seasonally-breeding songbird.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2018Article
- Norepinephrine enhances song responsiveness and encoding in the auditory forebrain of male zebra finches.Journal of neurophysiology · 2018Article
- Topography and Lateralized Effect of Acute Aromatase Inhibition on Auditory Processing in a Seasonal Songbird.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017Article
- Serotonin, estrus, and social context influence c-Fos immunoreactivity in the inferior colliculus.Behavioral neuroscience · 2016Article
- Norepinephrine Modulates Coding of Complex Vocalizations in the Songbird Auditory Cortex Independent of Local Neuroestrogen Synthesis.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2015Article
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- Catecholaminergic connectivity to the inner ear, central auditory, and vocal motor circuitry in the plainfin midshipman fish porichthys notatus.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2014Article
- Recent evidence for rapid synthesis and action of oestrogens during auditory processing in a songbird.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2013Review
- Estrogenic modulation of auditory processing: a vertebrate comparison.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2013Review
- Storing maternal memories: hypothesizing an interaction of experience and estrogen on sensory cortical plasticity to learn infant cues.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2013Review
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Abstract
A growing body of evidence suggests that gonadal steroids such as estradiol (E2) alter neural responses not only in brain regions associated with reproductive behavior but also in sensory areas. Because catecholamine systems are involved in sensory processing and selective attention, and because they are sensitive to E2 in many species, they may mediate the neural effects of E2 in sensory areas. Here, we tested the effects of E2 on catecholaminergic innervation, synthesis and activity in the auditory system of white-throated sparrows, a seasonally breeding songbird in which E2 promotes selective auditory responses to song. Non-breeding females with regressed ovaries were held on a winter-like photoperiod and implanted with silastic capsules containing either no hormone or E2. In one hemisphere of the brain, we used immunohistochemistry to quantify fibers immunoreactive for tyrosine hydroxylase or dopamine beta-hydroxylase in the auditory forebrain, thalamus and midbrain. E2 treatment increased catecholaminergic innervation in the same areas of the auditory system in which E2 promotes selectivity for song. In the contralateral hemisphere we quantified dopamine, norepinephrine and their metabolites in tissue punches using HPLC. Norepinephrine increased in the auditory forebrain, but not the midbrain, after E2 treatment. We found that evidence of interhemispheric differences, both in immunoreactivity and catecholamine content that did not depend on E2 treatment. Overall, our results show that increases in plasma E2 typical of the breeding season enhanced catecholaminergic innervation and synthesis in some parts of the auditory system, raising the possibility that catecholamines play a role in E2-dependent auditory plasticity in songbirds.
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