About the BSJC

The Birdsong Journal Club is the joint lab meeting of the Brenowitz and Perkel labs. We review journal articles and discuss topics related to songbird neurobiology, endocrinology and behavior.

Brenowitz Lab

Perkel Lab

Birdsong Journal Club at the University of Washington

The Brenowitz and Perkel weekly lab meeting

Date

Presenter

Topic

04-08-14

Agata

Woolley SC, Rajan R, Joshua M and Doupe AJ (2014)  Emergence of

Context-Dependent Variability across a Basal Ganglia Network.  Neuron 82:208-223

04-15-14

David

Wang S, Liao C, Li F, Liu S, Meng W and Li D (2014) Castration modulates singing patterns and electrophysiological properties of RA projection neurons in adult male zebra finches.  Peer J DOI 10.7717/peerj.352

04-22-14

Eliot

Hall ZJ, Delaney S and Sherry DF (2014)  Inhibition of cell proliferation in black-capped chickadees suggests a role for neurogenesis in spatial learning.  Dev Neurobiol doi:10.1002/dneu.22180 [Epub]

04-29-14

Peter

Hoffmann LA and Sober SJ (2014) Vocal Generalization Depends on Gesture Identity and Sequence. J Neurosci 34(16):5564-5574

05-14-14

Tracy

Barker JM et al (2014) A New Method for In Vitro Detection of Bromodeoxyuridine in Serum: A Proof of Concept in a Songbird Species, the Canary.  PLOS One 8(5):e63692
Villeda SA et al (2014) Young blood reverses age-related impairments in cognitive function and synaptic plasticity in mice.  Nat Med [EPub]

05-21-14

Agata

Canopoli A et al (2014) A Higher Sensory Brain Region is Involved in Reversing

Reinforcement-Induced Vocal Changes in a Songbird.  J Neurosci 34(20):7018-7026