Songbirds and adult neurogenesis: a new role for hormones

A J Doupe¹

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A J Doupe. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994.

. 1994 Aug 16;91(17):7836-8.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.17.7836.

A J Doupe¹

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Cell death and neuronal recruitment in the high vocal center of adult male canaries are temporally related to changes in song.
Kirn J, O'Loughlin B, Kasparian S, Nottebohm F. Kirn J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Aug 16;91(17):7844-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.17.7844. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994. PMID: 8058721 Free PMC article.
The life span of new neurons in a song control nucleus of the adult canary brain depends on time of year when these cells are born.
Nottebohm F, O'Loughlin B, Gould K, Yohay K, Alvarez-Buylla A. Nottebohm F, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Aug 16;91(17):7849-53. doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.17.7849. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994. PMID: 8058722 Free PMC article.
Testosterone increases the recruitment and/or survival of new high vocal center neurons in adult female canaries.
Rasika S, Nottebohm F, Alvarez-Buylla A. Rasika S, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Aug 16;91(17):7854-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.17.7854. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994. PMID: 8058723 Free PMC article.