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  1. It takes a seasoned bird to be a good listener: communication between the sexes

    Article • Current Opinion in Neurobiology, June 2016, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  2. Network analysis of microRNA and mRNA seasonal dynamics in a highly plastic sensorimotor neural circuit

    Article • BMC Genomics, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eliot Brenowitz

  3. Neurogenesis in the Adult Avian Song-Control System

    Article • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, June 2015, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Eliot Brenowitz

  4. Emerging from the bottleneck: benefits of the comparative approach to modern neuroscience

    Article • Trends in Neurosciences, May 2015, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  5. Transsynaptic trophic effects of steroid hormones in an avian model of adult brain plasticity

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  6. Testosterone Mediates Seasonal Growth of the Song Control Nuclei in a Tropical Bird

    Article • Brain Behavior and Evolution, January 2015, Karger Publishers

    Eliot Brenowitz

  7. Immediate and long-term effects of testosterone on song plasticity and learning in juvenile song sparrows

    Article • Behavioural Processes, June 2012, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  8. Seasonal Changes in Patterns of Gene Expression in Avian Song Control Brain Regions

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2012, PLOS

    Eliot Brenowitz

  9. Neuroprotective effects of testosterone in a naturally occurring model of neurodegeneration in the adult avian song control system

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, October 2010, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  10. Language and birdsong: Introduction to the special issue

    Article • Brain and Language, October 2010, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  11. The Display of the Blue-black Grassquit: The Acoustic Advantage of Getting High

    Article • Ethology, April 2010, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  12. Neighbor Call Amplitude Influences Aggressive Behavior and Intermale Spacing in Choruses of the Pacific Treefrog (Hyla regilla)

    Article • Ethology, April 2010, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  13. Aggressive Thresholds of Male Pacific Treefrogs for Advertisement Calls Vary with Amplitude of Neighbors' Calls

    Article • Ethology, April 2010, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  14. Seasonal changes in androgen receptor mRNA in the brain of the white-crowned sparrow

    Article • General and Comparative Endocrinology, March 2010, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  15. Time course of changes in Gambel's white-crowned sparrow song behavior following transitions in breeding condition

    Article • Hormones and Behavior, January 2009, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  16. Neural and Hormonal Control of Birdsong

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  17. The Songbird Neurogenomics (SoNG) Initiative: community-based tools and strategies for study of brain gene function and evolution

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eliot Brenowitz

  18. Seasonal changes in intrinsic electrophysiological activity of song control neurons in wild song sparrows

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology A, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eliot Brenowitz

  19. Song learning in birds: diversity and plasticity, opportunities and challenges

    Article • Trends in Neurosciences, March 2005, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  20. Seasonal-like plasticity of spontaneous firing rate in a songbird pre-motor nucleus

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, January 2005, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  21. Plasticity of the Adult Avian Song Control System

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 2004, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  22. The Avian Song Control System: A Model for Understanding Changes in Neural Structure and Function

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eliot Brenowitz

  23. Estrogen contributes to seasonal plasticity of the adult avian song control system

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, January 2004, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  24. Seasonal change in neuron size and spacing but not neuronal recruitment in a basal ganglia nucleus in the avian song control system

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2004, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  25. Seasonal changes in avian song control circuits do not cause seasonal changes in song discrimination in song sparrows

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, October 2003, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  26. Androgens and estrogens induce seasonal-like growth of song nuclei in the adult songbird brain

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, October 2003, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  27. Seasonal regulation of NMDA receptor NR2B mRNA in the adult canary song system

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, January 2003, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz, Dr. Tryambak Deo Singh

  28. Three-dimensional analysis of avian song control nuclei

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Methods, November 2002, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  29. Calling and plasticity in Pacific Treefrog choruses

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, November 2002, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Eliot Brenowitz

  30. Pacific treefrogs use temporal integration to differentiate advertisement from encounter calls

    Article • Animal Behaviour, June 2002, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  31. Neural and Hormonal Control of Birdsong

    Article • January 2002, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  32. Hippocampal volume does not change seasonally in a non food-storing songbird

    Article • Neuroreport, July 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Eliot Brenowitz

  33. Seasonal Growth of Song Control Nuclei Precedes Seasonal Reproductive Development in Wild Adult Song Sparrows

    Article • General and Comparative Endocrinology, April 2001, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  34. Testosterone treatment increases the metabolic capacity of adult avian song control nuclei

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, January 2001, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  35. Seasonal plasticity in the adult brain

    Article • Trends in Neurosciences, June 2000, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  36. Lesions of the anterior forebrain song control pathway in female canaries affect song perception in an operant task

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, January 2000, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  37. A field study of seasonal neuronal incorporation into the song control system of a songbird that lacks adult song learning

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, September 1999, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  38. Seasonal changes in androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the song nucleus HVc of a wild bird

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, June 1999, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  39. Seasonal changes in androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the song nucleus HVc of a wild bird

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, June 1999, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  40. Female choice and plasticity of male calling behaviour in the Pacific treefrog

    Article • Animal Behaviour, June 1999, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  41. Seasonal plasticity and sexual dimorphism in the avian song control system: Stereological measurement of neuron density and number

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, June 1998, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  42. Seasonal plasticity of the song control system in wild Nuttall's white-crowned sparrows

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, January 1998, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  43. Comparative approaches to the avian song system

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, November 1997, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  44. An introduction to birdsong and the avian song system

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, November 1997, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  45. Seasonal changes in the size of the avian song control nucleus HVC defined by multiple histological markers

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, May 1997, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  46. Roles of photoperiod and testosterone in seasonal plasticity of the avian song control system

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, April 1997, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  47. Plasticity of aggressive thresholds inHyla regilladiscrete accommodation to encounter calls

    Article • Animal Behaviour, February 1997, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  48. Seasonal changes in song nuclei and song behavior in Gambel's white-crowned sparrows

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, September 1995, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  49. Female marsh wrens do not provide evidence of anatomical specializations of song nuclei for perception of male song

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, February 1994, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  50. Hormone accumulation in song regions of the canary brain

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, September 1992, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  51. Evolution of the vocal control system in the avian brain

    Article • Seminars in Neuroscience, October 1991, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  52. The effects of systemic androgen treatment on androgen accumulation in song control regions of the adult female canary brain

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, September 1990, Wiley

    Eliot Brenowitz

  53. Accumulation of estrogen in a vocal control brain region of a duetting song bird

    Article • Brain Research, February 1989, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  54. Acoustic cues mediate inter-male spacing in a neotropical frog

    Article • Animal Behaviour, August 1988, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  55. Environmental Influences on Acoustic and Electric Animal Communication

    Article • Brain Behavior and Evolution, January 1986, Karger Publishers

    Eliot Brenowitz

  56. Sexual Dimorphisms in the Neural Vocal Control System in Song Birds: Ontogeny and Phylogeny

    Article • Brain Behavior and Evolution, January 1986, Karger Publishers

    Eliot Brenowitz

  57. Neural correlates of temperature coupling in the vocal communication system of the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor)

    Article • Brain Research, December 1985, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  58. Species specificity and temperature dependency of temporal processing by the auditory midbrain of two species of treefrogs

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology A, November 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eliot Brenowitz

  59. Lack of sexual dimorphism in steroid accumulation in vocal control brain regions of duetting song birds

    Article • Brain Research, September 1985, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  60. The Role of Body Size, Phylogeny, and Ambient Noise in the Evolution of Bird Song

    Article • The American Naturalist, July 1985, University of Chicago Press

    Eliot Brenowitz

  61. Bird-song dialects: Filling in the gaps

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, March 1985, Cambridge University Press

    Eliot Brenowitz

  62. Time Resolution in the Auditory Systems of Anurans

    Article • January 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eliot Brenowitz

  63. Acoustic communication in spring peepers

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology A, January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eliot Brenowitz

  64. Acoustic communication in spring peepers

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology A, January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eliot Brenowitz

  65. The contribution of temporal song cues to species recognition in the red-winged blackbird

    Article • Animal Behaviour, November 1983, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz

  66. Long-range communication of species identity by song in the Red-winged Blackbird

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, February 1982, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eliot Brenowitz

  67. ‘Territorial song’ as a flocking signal in red-winged blackbirds

    Article • Animal Behaviour, May 1981, Elsevier

    Eliot Brenowitz