Publications of Manfred Gahr

Journal Article (148)

2003
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Gahr, M.: Male Japanese quails with female brains do not show male behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100 (13), pp. 7959 - 7964 (2003)
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Halle, F.; Gahr, M.; Kreutzer, M.: Effects of unilateral lesions of HVC on song patterns of male domesticated canaries. Journal of Neurobiology 56 (4), pp. 303 - 314 (2003)
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Halle, F.; Gahr, M.; Kreutzer, M.: Impaired recovery of syllable repertoires after unilateral lesions of the HVC of male domesticated canaries. Animal Biology 53 (2), pp. 113 - 128 (2003)
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Leitner, S.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Gahr, M.: Flexible reproduction in wild canaries is independent of photoperiod. General and Comparative Endocrinology 130 (2), pp. 102 - 108 (2003)
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Voigt, C.; Leitner, S.; Gahr, M.: Mate fidelity in a population of island canaries (Serinus canaria) in the Madeiran Archipelago. Journal für Ornithologie 144 (1), pp. 86 - 92 (2003)
2002
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Gahr, M.; Leitner, S.; Fusani, L.; Rybak, F.: What is the adaptive role of neurogenesis in adult birds? Progress in Brain Research 138, pp. 233 - 254 (2002)
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Gahr, M.; Rybak, F.; Leitner, S.; Fusani, L.: Androgen and estrogen receptor expression in relation to developmental and adult plasticity in the vocal control system. The FASEB Journal 16, p. A728 - A728 (2002)
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Gil, D.; Gahr, M.: The honesty of bird song: Multiple constrains for multiple traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17 (3), pp. 133 - 141 (2002)
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Godsave, S. F.; Lohmann, R.; Vloet, R. P. M.; Gahr, M.: Androgen receptors in the embryonic zebra finch hindbrain suggest a function for maternal androgens in peri-hatching survival. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 453 (1), pp. 57 - 70 (2002)
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Halle, F.; Gahr, M.; Pieneman, A. W.; Kreutzer, M.: Recovery of song preferences after excitotoxic HVC lesion in female canaries. Journal of Neurobiology 52 (1), pp. 1 - 13 (2002)
2001
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Fusani, L.; Gahr, M.; Hutchison, J. B.: Aromatase inhibition reduces specifically one display of the ring dove courtship behavior. General and Comparative Endocrinology 122 (1), pp. 23 - 30 (2001)
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Fusani, L.; Hutchison, J. B.; Gahr, M.: Testosterone regulates the activity and expression of telencephalic aromatase in female canaries. Journal of Neurobiology 49 (1), pp. 1 - 8 (2001)
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Gahr, M.: Distribution of sex steroid hormone receptors in the avian brain: Functional implications for neural sex differences and sexual behaviors. Microscopy Research and Technique 55 (1), pp. 1 - 11 (2001)
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Leitner, S.; Voigt, C.; Gahr, M.: Seasonal changes in the song pattern of the non-domesticated island canary (Serinus canaria), a field study. Behaviour 138 (7), pp. 885 - 904 (2001)
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Leitner, S.; Voigt, C.; Garcia-Segura, L. M.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Gahr, M.: Seasonal activation and inactivation of song motor memories in wild canaries is not reflected in neuroanatomical changes of forebrain song areas. Hormones and Behavior 40 (2), pp. 160 - 168 (2001)
2000
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del Negro, C.; Kreutzer, M.; Gahr, M.: Sexually-stimulating signals of the canary songs: Evidence for a female-specific auditory representation in the nucleus HVc during the breeding season. Behavioral Neuroscience 114, pp. 526 - 542 (2000)
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Fusani, L.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Hutchison, J. B.; Gahr, M.: Seasonal expression of androgen receptors, estrogen receptors, and aromatase in the canary brain in relation to circulating androgens and estrogens. Journal of Neurobiology 43 (3), pp. 254 - 268 (2000)
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Gahr, M.: The neural song control system of hummingbirds: A comparison with swifts, vocal learning (songbirds) and non-learning (sub-oscines) passerines, vocal learning (budgerigars) and non-learning (dove, owl, gull, quail, chicken) non-passerines. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 426 (2), pp. 182 - 196 (2000)
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Lohmann, R.; Gahr, M.: Muscle-dependent and hormone-dependent differentiation of the vocal control premotor nucleus robustus archistriatalis and the motornucleus. Journal of Neurobiology 42, pp. 220 - 231 (2000)
1999
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Dittrich, F.; Feng, Y.; Metzdorf, R.; Gahr, M.: Estrogen-inducible, sex-specific expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in a forebrain song control nucleus of the juvenile zebra finch. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96 (14), pp. 8241 - 8246 (1999)
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Gahr, M.; Metzdorf, R.: The sexually dimorphic expression of androgen receptors in the song nucleus hyperstriatalis ventrale pars caudale of the zebra finch develops independently of gonadal steroids. The Journal of Neuroscience 19, pp. 2628 - 2636 (1999)
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Gehr, D. D.; Capsius, B.; Grabner, P.; Gahr, M.; Leppelsack, H. J.: Functional organisation of the field-L-complex of adult male zebra finches. NeuroReport 10, pp. 375 - 380 (1999)
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Metzdorf, R.; Gahr, M.; Fusani, L.: Distribution of aromatase, estrogen receptor, and androgen receptor mRNA in the forebrain of songbirds and non-songbirds. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 407 (1), pp. 115 - 129 (1999)
1998
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Bergeron, J. M.; Gahr, M.; Horan, K.; Wibbels, T.; Crew, D.: Cloning and in situ hybridization analysis of estrogen receptor in the developing gonad of the red earded slider turtle, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. Development Growth & Differentiation 40 (2), pp. 243 - 254 (1998)
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Gahr, M.; Sonnenschein, E.; Wickler, W.: Sex difference in the size of the neural song control regions in a dueting songbird with similar song repertoire size of males and females. The Journal of Neuroscience 18 (3), pp. 1124 - 1131 (1998)
1997
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del Negro, C.; Gahr, M.; Leboucher, G.; Kreutzer, M.: The selectivity of sexual responses to song displays: Effects of partial chemical lesion of the HVC in female canaries. Behavioural Brain Research 96 (1-2), pp. 151 - 159 (1997)
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Gahr, M.: How should brain nuclei be delineated? Consequences for developmental mechanisms and for correlations of area size, neuron numbers and functions of brain nuclei. Trends in Neurosciences 20 (2), pp. 58 - 62 (1997)
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Gahr, M.; Metzdorf, R.: Distribution and dynamics in the expression of androgen and estrogen receptors in vocal control systems of songbirds. Brain Research Bulletin 44 (4), pp. 509 - 517 (1997)
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Gahr, M.; Metzdorf, R.; Wickler, W.; Aschenbrenner, S.: The ontogeny of the canary HVC revealed by the expression of androgen and estrogen receptors. NeuroReport 8, pp. 311 - 315 (1997)
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Gahr, M.; Wild, J. M.: Localization of androgen receptors mRNA-containing cells in avian respiratory-vocal nuclei: An in situ hybridization study. Journal of Neurobiology 33 (7), pp. 865 - 876 (1997)
1996
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Gahr, M.: Developmental changes in the distribution of oestrogen receptor mRNA expressing cells in the forebrain of female, male and masculinized female zebra finches. NeuroReport 7, pp. 2469 - 2473 (1996)
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Gahr, M.; Balaban, E.: The development of a species difference in the local distribution of brain estrogen receptive cells. Developmental Brain Research 92 (2), pp. 182 - 189 (1996)
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Gahr, M.; Garcia-Segura, L. M.: Testosterone-dependent increase of gap-junctions in HVC neurons of adult female canaries. Brain Research 712 (1), pp. 69 - 73 (1996)
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Gahr, M.; Kosar, M.: Identification, distribution, and developmental changes of a melatonin-binding site in the song control system of the zebra finch. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 367 (2), pp. 308 - 318 (1996)
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Vallet, E.; Kreutzer, M.; Gahr, M.: Testosterone induces sexual release quality in the song of female canaries. Ethology 102 (4), pp. 617 - 628 (1996)
1995
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Young, L. J.; Godwin, J.; Grammer, M.; Gahr, M.; Crews, D.: Reptilian sex steroid receptors: Amplification, sequence analysis and expression. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 55, pp. 261 - 269 (1995)
1993
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Gahr, M.; Güttinger, H.-R.; Kroodsma, D.: Estrogen receptors in the avian brain: Survey reveals general distribution and forebrain areas unique to songbirds. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 327 (1), pp. 112 - 122 (1993)
1992
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Gahr, M.; Hutchison, J. B.: Behavioral action of estrogen in the male dove brain: Area differences in codistribution of aromatase activity and estrogen receptors are steroid-dependent. Neuroendocrinology 56, pp. 74 - 84 (1992)
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Gahr, M.; Wibbels, T.; Crews, D.: Sites of estrogen uptake in embryonic Trachemys scripta, a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination. Biology of Reproduction 46 (3), pp. 458 - 463 (1992)
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Seiler, H. W.; Gahr, M.; Goldsmith, A. R.; Güttinger, H.-R.: Prolactin and gonadal steroids during the reproductive cycle of the Bengalese Finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica, Estrildidae), a nonseasonal breeder with biparental care. General and Comparative Endocrinology 88 (1), pp. 83 - 90 (1992)
1990
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Gahr, M.: Delineation of a brain nucleus: Comparisons of cytochemical, hodological, and cytoarchitectural views of the song control nucleus HVC of the adult canary. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 294 (1), pp. 30 - 36 (1990)
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Gahr, M.: Localization of androgen receptors and estrogen receptors in the same cells in the brain of the canary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 87 (23), pp. 9445 - 9448 (1990)
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Hutchison, J. B.; Schumacher, M.; Steimer, T.; Gahr, M.: Are separable aromatase systems involved in hormonal regulation of the male brain? Journal of Neurobiology 21 (5), pp. 743 - 759 (1990)
1989
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Balthazart, J.; Gahr, M.; van Daele-Surlemmont, C.: Distribution of estrogen receptors in the brain of the Japanese quail: An immunocytochemical study. Brain Research 501 (2), pp. 205 - 214 (1989)
1988
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Gahr, M.; Konishi, M.: Developmental changes in estrogen-sensitive neurons in the forebrain of the zebra finch. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 85 (19), pp. 7380 - 7383 (1988)
1987
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Gahr, M.; Flügge, G.; Güttinger, H.-R.: Immunocytochemical localization of estrogen-binding neurons in the songbird brain. Brain Research 402 (1), pp. 173 - 177 (1987)
1986
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Gahr, M.; Güttinger, H.-R.: Functional aspects of singing in male and female Uraeginthus bengalus (Estrildidae). Ethology 72 (2), pp. 123 - 131 (1986)
1985
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Gahr, M.; Güttinger, H.-R.: Korrelationen zwischen der sexualdimorphen Gehirndifferenzierung und der Verhaltensausprägung bei Prachtfinken (Estrildidae). Journal für Ornithologie 126 (3), p. 310 (1985)

Book Chapter (5)

2020
Book Chapter
Gahr, M.: Seasonal hormone fluctuations and song structure of birds. In: Coding strategies in vertebrate acoustic communication, pp. 163 - 201 (Eds. Aubin, T.; Mathevon, N.). Springer, Cham (CH) (2020)
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Gahr, M.: Seasonal and life-history stage dependent vocal communication of birds. In: The senses: A comprehensive reference, Vol. 2, 2 Ed., pp. 163 - 186 (Ed. Fritzsch, B.). Elsevier Academic Press, Cambridge, MA (2020)
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