ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2018
Androgen and estrogen sensitivity of bird song: a comparative view on gene regulatory levels.
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- Convergent and divergent neural circuit architectures that support acoustic communication.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Pooled it
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- From silence to song: Testosterone triggers extensive transcriptional changes in the female canary HVC.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Differential expression of steroid-related genes across electrosensory brain regions in two sexually dimorphic species of electric knifefish.General and comparative endocrinology · 2024Review
- Transcriptomic changes in the posterior pallium of male zebra finches associated with social niche conformance.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Differences in vocal brain areas and astrocytes between the house wren and the rufous-tailed hummingbird.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2024Article
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- Beyond a biased binary: A perspective on the misconceptions, challenges, and implications of studying females in avian behavioral endocrinology.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Comparative Genomics and Evolution of Avian Specialized Traits.Current genomics · 2021Review
- Neuroendocrine patterns underlying seasonal song and year-round territoriality in male black redstarts.Frontiers in zoology · 2021Article
- Function and Evolution of Nuclear Receptors in Environmental-Dependent Postembryonic Development.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- The Gene Expression Profile of the Song Control Nucleus HVC Shows Sex Specificity, Hormone Responsiveness, and Species Specificity Among Songbirds.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- New insights from female bird song: towards an integrated approach to studying male and female communication roles.Biology letters · 2019Article
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Abstract
Singing of songbirds is sensitive to testosterone and its androgenic and estrogenic metabolites in a species-specific way. The hormonal effects on song pattern are likely mediated by androgen receptors (AR) and estrogen receptor alpha (ERα), ligand activated transcription factors that are expressed in neurons of various areas of the songbirds' vocal control circuit. The distribution of AR in this circuit is rather similar between species while that of ERα is species variant and concerns a key vocal control area, the HVC (proper name). We discuss the regulation of the expression of the cognate AR and ERα and putative splice variants. In particular, we suggest that transcription factor binding sites in the promoter of these receptors differ between bird species. Further, we suggest that AR- and ERα-dependent gene regulation in vocal areas differs between species due to species-specific DNA binding sites of putative target genes that are required for the transcriptional activity of the receptors. We suggest that species differences in the distribution of AR and ERα in vocal areas and in the genomic sensitivity to these receptors contribute to species-specific hormonal regulation of the song.
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