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ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2020

Sex differences and similarities in the neural circuit regulating song and other reproductive behaviors in songbirds.

Gregory F Ball, Jacques Balthazart

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Review in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gregory F BallDepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. Electronic address: gball@umd.edu.
Jacques BalthazartGIGA Neuroscience, University of Liege, 15 Avenue Hippocrate, 4000, Liege, Belgium.
University of Liège · BEUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

Steroid Hormone Regulation of Brain Plasticity and Vocal BehaviorR01NS104008 · NINDS · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI BALL, GREGORY F · 2018 to 2022
$1.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the 1970s, Nottebohm and Arnold reported marked male-biased sex differences in the volume of three song control nuclei in songbirds. Subsequently a series of studies on several songbird species suggested that there is a positive correlation between the degree to which there is a sex difference in the volume of these song control nuclei and in song behavior. This correlation has been questioned in recent years. Furthermore, it has become clear that the song circuit is fully integrated into a more comprehensive neural circuit that regulates multiple courtship and reproductive behaviors including song. Sex differences in songbirds should be evaluated in the context of the full complement of behaviors produced by both sexes in relation to reproduction and based on the entire circuit in order to understand the functional significance of variation between males and females in brain and behavior. Variation in brain and behavior exhibited among living songbird species provides an excellent opportunity to understand the functional significance of sex differences related to social behaviors.

Indexed as

Sex CharacteristicsSongbirdsAnimalsBrainFemaleHumansMaleSocial BehaviorVocalization, AnimalArea X of the medial striatumCanariesHVC (abbreviation used as the common name)Robust nucleus of the arcopallium (RA)Song control systemSteroid hormonesTestosterone

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PMID32735803
PMCPMC8767501
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