ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2016
It takes a seasoned bird to be a good listener: communication between the sexes.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Transcriptomic and metabolomic basis of seasonal auditory sensitivity variations in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans).BMC genomics · 2025Article
- Albatross movement suggests sensitivity to infrasound cues at sea.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Sex differences in vocal learning ability in songbirds are linked with differences in flexible rhythm pattern perception.Animal behaviour · 2023Article
- Possible Gender Differences in Classical Music, Flamenco and Fado.Neuroscience insights · 2023Review
- Sex bias and omission in neuroscience research is influenced by research model and journal, but not reported NIH funding.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2020Review
- Life-Stage Dependent Plasticity in the Auditory System of a Songbird Is Signal and Emitter-Specific.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
- How canaries listen to their song: Species-specific shape of auditory perception.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2019Article
- Estrous cycle-induced sex differences in medium spiny neuron excitatory synaptic transmission and intrinsic excitability in adult rat nucleus accumbens core.Journal of neurophysiology · 2018Article
- A Membrane G-Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for Sex Differences in Zebra Finch Auditory Coding.Endocrinology · 2018Article
- On the role of brain aromatase in females: why are estrogens produced locally when they are available systemically?Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2018Review
- Serotonin, estrus, and social context influence c-Fos immunoreactivity in the inferior colliculus.Behavioral neuroscience · 2016Article
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Abstract
Birds commonly use sound for communication between the sexes. In many songbird species, only males sing and there are pronounced sex differences in the neural song control circuits. By contrast, the auditory circuitry is largely similar in males and females. Both sexes learn to recognize vocalizations heard as juveniles and this shapes auditory response selectivity. Mating vocalizations are restricted to the breeding season, when sex steroid levels are elevated. Auditory cells, from the ear to the cortex, are hormone sensitive. Estrogens are synthesized in the brain and can modulate the activity of auditory neurons. In species that breed seasonally, elevated levels of estradiol in females transiently enhance their auditory responses to conspecific vocalizations, resulting in sex differences in audition.
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