Gahr, M.; Metzdorf, R.; Schmidl, D.; Wickler, W.: Bi-Directional sexual dimorphisms of the song control nucleus HVC in a songbird with unison song. PLoS One 3 (8), e3073 (2008)
Hodgson, Z. G.; Meddle, S. L.; Roberts, M. L.; Buchanan, K. L.; Matthew, R. E.; Metzdorf, R.; Gahr, M.; Healy, S. D.: Spatial ability is impaired and hippocampal mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA expression reduced in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) selected for acute high corticosterone response to stress. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1607), S. 239 - 245 (2007)
Jansen, R. F.; Metzdorf, R.; van der Roest, M.; Fusani, L.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Melatonin affects the temporal organization of the song of the zebra finch. The FASEB Journal 19, S. 848 - 850 (2005)
Voigt, C.; Metzdorf, R.; Gahr, M.: Differential expression pattern and steroid hormone sensitivity of SNAP-25 and Synaptoporin mRNA in the telencephalic song control nucleus HVC of the zebra finch. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 475 (1), S. 83 - 94 (2004)
Fusani, L.; Metzdorf, R.; Hutchison, J. B.; Gahr, M.: Aromatase inhibition affects testosterone-induced masculinization of song and the neural song system in female canaries. Journal of Neurobiology 54 (2), S. 370 - 379 (2003)
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), S. 8241 - 8246 (1999)
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, S. 2628 - 2636 (1999)
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), S. 115 - 129 (1999)
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), S. 509 - 517 (1997)
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, S. 311 - 315 (1997)
Bei Zebrafinken fällt kein Meistersänger vom Himmel. Jeder Jungvogel muss zunächst eine Gesangsschule durchlaufen. Singvögel sind deshalb gute Modellorganismen dafür, wie Lernvorgänge im Tierreich ablaufen