Publications

 

In preparation.

Kunzelman G and London SE. (in prep) Epigenetically-defined regulatory regions reveal putative controllers of critical period learning.

Butler B, Yalcindag S, London SE. (in prep) Experience-dependent translation occurs in selective, and replicable, cell populations during developmental learning.

London SE, Louder MIM, Balakrishnan CN, Hauber ME. (in prep) Molecular and epigenetic responses distinguish the neural effects of maturation and accumulated experience.

 

Rhie A., and 70 others. (2021) Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species. Nature. 592: 37–746.

Layden E.A., Li H., Schertz K.E.., Berman M.G.*, London S.E.* (2020) Experience selectively alters functional connectivity within a neural network to predict learned behavior in juvenile songbirds. NeuroImage. 222, 117218.

* co-senior authors

London S.E. (2020) Gene manipulation to test links between genome, brain and behavior in developing songbirds: a test case. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223 (Suppl 1).

London S.E. (2020) Chapter 8: Linking Features of Genomic Function to Fundamental Features of Learned Vocal Communication. In Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Sakata J, Woolley SC, editors. p 211-244.

Gogola J.V.*, Gores E.O.*, London S.E. (2019) Inhibitory cell populations depend on age, sex, and prior experience across a neural network for Critical Period learning. Scientific reports 9 (1), 1-12.

* authors contributed equally

Louder, M.I.M., Balakrishnan C.N., Louder A.A.N., Driver R.J., London S.E., Hauber M.E. (2019) An acoustic password enhances auditory learning in juvenile brood parasitic cowbirds. Current Biology 29 (23), 4045-4051. e3.

Layden E.A., Schertz K.E., London S.E.*, Berman M.G.* (2019). Interhemispheric functional connectivity in the zebra finch brain, absent the Corpus Callosum in normal ontongeny. NeuroImage. 195:113-127. PubMed PMID:30940612

* co-senior authors

London, S.E. (2019) Developmental song learning as a model to understand neural mechanisms that limit and promote the ability to learn. Behavioural Processes. pii: S0376-6357(17)30178-X.  PubMed PMID: 29162376

Lansverk A.L., London S.E., Griffith S.C., Clayton D.F., Balakrishnan C.N. (2019). The variability of song variability in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) populations. Royal Society Open Science. 6(5):190273.

Berman M.G., Kardan O., Kotabe H.P., Nusbaum H.C., London S.E. (2019) The promise of Environmental Neuroscience. Nature Human Behavior. 3(5): 414-17. PubMed PMID:31089299

Ahmadiantehrani S., Gores, E.O., London, S.E. (2018). A complex mTOR response in habituation paradigms for a social signal in adult songbirds. Learning and Memory. 25: 273-282. doi: 10.1101/lm.046417.117. PubMed PMID: 29764973

Ahmadiantehrani, S., & London, S.E. (2017). Bidirectional manipulation of mTOR signaling disrupts socially mediated vocal learning in juvenile songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, pii: 201701829. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1701829114. PubMed PMID: 28739951.

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Ahmadiantehrani, S., & London, S.E. (2017). A reliable and flexible gene manipulation strategy in posthatch zebra finch brain. Scientific Reports, 7, 43244. doi: 10.1038/srep43244. PubMed PMID: 28233828.

London, S.E. (2016). Influences of non-canonical neurosteroid signaling on developing neural circuits. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 40, 103-110. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.06.018. PubMed PMID: 27429051.

Louder, M.I., Voss, H.U., Manna, T.J., Carryl, S.S., London, S.E., Balakrishnan, C.N., & Hauber, M.E. (2016). Shared neural substrates for song discrimination in parental and parasitic songbirds. Neuroscience Letters, 622, 49-54. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.04.031. PubMed PMID: 27095589.

Cacioppo, S., Grippo, A.J., London, S., Goossens, L., & Cacioppo, J.T. (2015). Loneliness: clinical import and interventions. Perspectives in Psychological Science, 10(2), 238-49. doi: 10.1177/1745691615570616. PubMed PMID: 25866548. PMCID: PMC4391342.

Lin, L.C., Vanier, D.R., & London, S.E. (2014). Social information embedded in vocalizations induces neurogenomic and behavioral responses. PLoS One, 9(11): e112905. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112905. PubMed PMID: 25384071. PMCID: PMC4226578.

Fusani, L., Donaldson, Z., London, S.E., Fuxjager, M.J., & Schlinger, B.A. (2014). Expression of androgen receptor in the brain of a sub-oscine bird. Neuroscience Letters, 578, 61-65. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.06.028. PubMed PMID: 24954076. PMCID: PMC4359618.

Balakrishnan, C.N., Mukai, M., Gonser, R.A., Wingfield, J.C., London, S.E., Tuttle, E.M., & Clayton, D.F. (2014). Brain transcriptome sequencing and assembly of three songbird model systems for the study of social behavior. PeerJ, 2, e396. doi: 10.7717/peerj.396. PubMed PMID: 24883256. PMCID: PMC4034602.

Clayton, D.F., & London, S.E. (2014). Advancing avian behavioral neuroendocrinology through genomics. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 35(1), 58-71. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2013.09.004. PubMed PMID: 24113222.

London, S.E. (2013). Genome-brain-behavior interdependencies as a framework to understand hormone effects on learned behavior. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 190, 176-181. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.035. PubMed PMID: 23684969.

London, S.E. (2013). Prospective: how the zebra finch genome strengthens brain-behavior connections in songbird models of learned vocalization. In S.A. Helekar (Ed.), Animal Models of Speech and Language Disorders (pp. 89-108). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

Drnevich, J., Replogle, K.L., Lovell, P., Hahn, T.P., Johnson, F., Mast, T.G., Nordeen, E., Nordeen, K., Strand, C., London, S.E., Mukai, M., Wingfield, J.C., Arnold, A.P., Ball, G.F., Brenowitz, E.A., Wade, J., Mello, C.V., & Clayton, D.F. (2012). Impact of experience-dependent and -independent factors on gene expression in songbird brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 Suppl 2, 17245-52. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1200655109. PubMed PMID: 23045667. PMCID: PMC3477375.

Balakrishnan, C.N., Lin, Y.C., London, S.E., & Clayton, D.F. (2012). RNA-seq transcriptome analysis of male and female zebra finch cell lines. Genomics, 100(6), 363-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2012.08.002. PubMed PMID: 22922019. PMCID: PMC3508314.

London, S.E., & Clayton, D.F. (2010). The neurobiology of zebra finch song: insights from gene expression studies.  Emu-Austral Ornithology, 110(3), 219-232. doi: 10.1071/MU09079.

Xie, F., London, S.E., Southey, B.S., Annangudi, S.P., Wadhams, A.A., Clayton, D.F., & Sweedler, J.A. (2010). The zebra finch neuropeptidome: prediction, detection and expression. BMC Biology, 8, 28. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-28. PubMed PMID: 20359331. PMCID: PMC2873334.

London, S.E., Itoh, Y., Lance, V.A., Wise, P.M., Ekanayake, P.S., Arnold, A.P., & Schlinger, B.A. (2010). Neural expression and post-transcriptional dosage compensation of the steroid metabolic enzyme 17β−HSD type 4. BMC Neuroscience, 11(1), 47. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-47. PubMed PMID: 20359329. PMCID: PMC2858028.

London, S.E., & Clayton, D.F. (2010). Genomic and neural analysis of the estradiol-synthetic pathway in the zebra finch. BMC Neuroscience, 11(1), 46. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-46. PubMed PMID: 20359328. PMCID: PMC2865489.

Warren, W.C., Clayton, D.F., Ellegren, H., Arnold, A.P., Hillier, L.W., Künstner, A., Searle, S., White, S., Vilella, A.J., Fairley, S., Heger, A., Kong, L., Ponting, C.P., Jarvis, E.D., Mello, C.V., Minx, P., Lovell, P., Velho, T.A., Ferris, M., Balakrishnan, C.N., Sinha, S., Blatti, C., London, S.E., Li, Y., Lin, Y.C., George, J., Sweedler, J., Southey, B., Gunaratne, P., Watson, M., Nam, K., Backström, N., Smeds, L., Nabholz, B., Itoh, Y., Whitney, O., Pfenning, A.R., Howard, J., Völker, M., Skinner, B.M., Griffin, D.K., Ye, L., McLaren, W.M., Flicek, P., Quesada, V., Velasco, G., Lopez-Otin, C., Puente, X.S., Olender, T., Lancet, D., Smit, A.F., Hubley, R., Konkel, M.K., Walker, J.A., Batzer, M.A., Gu, W., Pollock, D.D., Chen, L., Cheng, Z., Eichler, E.E., Stapley, J., Slate, J., Ekblom, R., Birkhead, T., Burke, T., Burt, D., Scharff, C., Adam, I., Richard, H., Sultan, M., Soldatov, A., Lehrach, H., Edwards, S.V., Yang, S.P., Li, X., Graves, T., Fulton, L., Nelson, J., Chinwalla, A., Hou, S., Mardis, E.R., & Wilson, R.K. (2010). The genome of a songbird. Nature, 464(7289), 757-62. doi: 10.1038/nature08819. PubMed PMID: 20360741. PMCID: PMC3187626.

Remage-Healey, L., London, S.E., & Schlinger, B.A. (2010). Birdsong and the neural production of steroids. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 39(2), 72-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.06.009. PubMed PMID: 19589382. PMCID: PMC2821977.

Clayton, D.F., Balakrishnan, C.N., London, S.E. (2009). Integrating genomes, brain and behavior in the study of songbirds. Current Biology, 19(18), R865-R873. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.006. PubMed PMID: 19788884. PMCID: PMC2890260.

London, S.E., Remage-Healey, L., & Schlinger, B.A. (2009). Neurosteroid production in the songbird brain: a re-evaluation of core principles. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 30(3), 302-314. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2009.05.001. PubMed PMID: 19442685. PMCID: PMC2724309.

London, S.E., Dong, S., Replogle, K., Clayton, D.F. (2009). Developmental shifts in gene expression in the auditory forebrain during the sensitive period for song learning. Developmental Neurobiology, 69(7), 437-450. doi: 10.1002/dneu.20719. PubMed PMID: 19360720. PMCID: PMC2765821.

London, S.E., & Clayton, D.F. (2008). Functional identification of sensory mechanisms required for developmental song learning. Nature Neuroscience, 11(5), 579-86. doi: 10.1038/nn.2103. PubMed PMID: 18391944. PMCID: PMC2562764.

Sloley, S., Smith, S., Gandhi, S., Busby, J.A., London, S., Luksch, H., Clayton, D.F., & Bhattacharya, S.K. (2007). Proteomic analyses of zebra finch optic tectum and comparative histochemistry. Journal of Proteome Research, 6(6), 2341-2350. doi: 10.1021/pr060547y. PubMed PMID: 17497909.

London, S.E., & Schlinger, B.A. (2007). Steroidogenic enzymes along the ventricular proliferative zone in the developing songbird brain. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 502(4), 507-21. doi: 10.1002/cne.21335. PubMed PMID: 17394140.

Sloley, S., Smith, S., Algeciras, M., Cavett, B., Caldwell Busby, J.A., London, S., Clayton, D.F., & Bhattacharya, S.K.  (2007). Proteomic analyses of songbird (zebra finch; Taeniopygia guttata) retina. Journal of Proteome Research, 6(3), 1093-100. doi: 10.1021/pr060428i. PubMed PMID: 17330945.

London, S.E., Monks, D.A., Wade, J., & Schlinger, B.A. (2006). Widespread capacity for neurosteroid synthesis in the avian brain and song system. Endocrinology, 147(12), 5975-87. doi: 10.1210/en.2006-0154. PubMed PMID: 16935847. PMCID: PMC2903432.

Schlinger, B.A., & London, S.E. (2006). Neurosteroids and the songbird model system. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 305A(9), 743-748. doi: 10.1002/jez.a.303. PubMed PMID: 16902969.

Schlinger, B.A., Soma, K.K., & London, S.E. (2006). Integrating steroid synthesis with steroid action: multiple mechanisms in birds. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52(Supp), 238–241.

Teramitsu, I., Kudo, L.C., London, S.E., Geschwind, D.H., & White, S.A. (2004). Parallel FoxP1 and FoxP2 expression in songbird and human brain predicts functional interaction. Journal of Neuroscience, 24(13), 3152-63. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5589-03.2004. PubMed PMID: 15056695.

London, S.E., Boulter, J., & Schlinger B.A. (2003). Cloning of the zebra finch androgen synthetic enzyme CYP17: a study of its neural expression throughout posthatch development. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 467(4), 496-508. doi: 10.1002/cne.10936. PubMed PMID: 14624484.

Schlinger, B.A., Soma, K.K., & London, S.E. (2001). Neurosteroids and brain sexual differentiation. Trends in Neuroscience, 24(8), 429-31. doi: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01855-5. PubMed PMID: 11476868.

Saldanha, C.J., Schultz, J.D., London, S.E., & Schlinger, B.A. (2000). Telencephalic aromatase but not a song circuit in a sub-oscine passerine, the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). Brain Behavior and Evolution, 56(1), 29-37. doi: 10.1159/000006675. PubMed PMID: 11025342.