title: It takes a seasoned bird to be a good listener: communication between the sexes.
abstract: Birds commonly use sound for communication between the sexes. In many songbird species, only males sing and there are pronounced sex differences in the neural song control circuits. By contrast, the auditory circuitry is largely similar in males and females. Both sexes learn to recognize vocalizations heard as juveniles and this shapes auditory response selectivity. Mating vocalizations are restricted to the breeding season, when sex steroid levels are elevated. Auditory cells, from the ear to the cortex, are hormone sensitive. Estrogens are synthesized in the brain and can modulate the activity of auditory neurons. In species that breed seasonally, elevated levels of estradiol in females transiently enhance their auditory responses to conspecific vocalizations, resulting in sex differences in audition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: eliotb@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Eliot A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Brenowitz
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Remage-Healey
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D004967:Estrogens / Q000378:metabolism; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors; D020308:Songbirds / Q000502:physiology*; D014828:Vocalization, Animal / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens
references.citation: J Neurobiol. 1994 Jul;25(7):865-77
references.pmid: 8089662
references.citation: Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2003 Aug 19;116(1-2):147-54
references.pmid: 12941470
references.citation: J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2010 Aug;196(8):559-67
references.pmid: 20559641
references.citation: Hear Res. 2009 Jun;252(1-2):49-55
references.pmid: 19397967
references.citation: Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2010 Jun;20(3):332-9
references.pmid: 20307967
references.citation: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Jun;1016:246-62
references.pmid: 15313779
references.citation: J Neurosci. 2001 Sep 1;21(17 ):6836-45
references.pmid: 11517271
references.citation: Front Neuroendocrinol. 2015 Jul;38:37-49
references.pmid: 25637753
references.citation: Neurosci Lett. 2008 Nov 14;445(2):158-61
references.pmid: 18790009
references.citation: Nat Neurosci. 2011 Jun;14(6):677-83
references.pmid: 21613996
references.citation: Proc Biol Sci. 2002 Apr 7;269(1492):729-33
references.pmid: 11934365
references.citation: Front Neuroendocrinol. 2013 Oct;34(4):285-99
references.pmid: 23911849
references.citation: Behav Brain Res. 2005 Jul 1;162(1):108-15
references.pmid: 15922071
references.citation: PLoS Biol. 2005 May;3(5):e153
references.pmid: 15826219
references.citation: J Neurophysiol. 2003 Jan;89(1):472-87
references.pmid: 12522195
references.citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Aug 1;89(15):6818-22
references.pmid: 1495970
references.citation: Behav Brain Res. 2005 Dec 7;165(2):247-53
references.pmid: 16095729
references.citation: Nat Neurosci. 2008 Nov;11(11):1327-34
references.pmid: 18820691
references.citation: Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2005 Mar;141(1):66-75
references.pmid: 15707604
references.citation: J Neurobiol. 2001 May;47(2):109-20
references.pmid: 11291101
references.citation: Dev Neurobiol. 2012 Nov;72(11):1433-46
references.pmid: 22190430
references.citation: Science. 2011 Nov 4;334(6056):666-70
references.pmid: 22053048
references.citation: Dev Neurobiol. 2015 Mar;75(3):302-14
references.pmid: 25220950
references.citation: J Neurosci. 2015 Feb 25;35(8):3431-45
references.pmid: 25716843
references.citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Feb 15;89(4):1376-8
references.pmid: 1741392
references.citation: Dev Neurobiol. 2010 Jan;70(1):28-40
references.pmid: 19937773
references.citation: J Comp Neurol. 2009 Oct 1;516(4):312-20
references.pmid: 19637285
references.citation: J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2007 Jul;193(7):765-74
references.pmid: 17503053
references.citation: Brain Res. 1999 Oct 9;844(1-2):78-82
references.pmid: 10536263
references.citation: Eur J Neurosci. 2006 Mar;23(6):1523-9
references.pmid: 16553615
references.citation: Dev Neurobiol. 2015 Mar;75(3):271-86
references.pmid: 25205304
references.citation: J Neurophysiol. 2012 Mar;107(6):1621-31
references.pmid: 22190616
references.citation: Trends Ecol Evol. 2005 Mar;20(3):143-9
references.pmid: 16701358
references.citation: Nat Neurosci. 2001 Feb;4(2):170-5
references.pmid: 11175878
references.citation: Dev Neurobiol. 2010 Feb;70(2):73-86
references.pmid: 19885833
references.citation: J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2010 Aug;196(8):581-99
references.pmid: 20563817
references.citation: Horm Behav. 2015 Aug;74:116-24
references.pmid: 26122300
references.citation: BMC Neurosci. 2009 Mar 23;10:24
references.pmid: 19309515
references.citation: Hear Res. 2013 Nov;305:45-56
references.pmid: 23726970
references.citation: J Comp Neurol. 2010 Jun 1;518(11):2149-67
references.pmid: 20394063
references.citation: Front Evol Neurosci. 2012 Nov 28;4:14
references.pmid: 23226128
references.citation: J Neurosci. 2012 Dec 5;32(49):17597-611
references.pmid: 23223283
references.citation: Trends Neurosci. 2005 Mar;28(3):127-32
references.pmid: 15749165
references.citation: Nature. 2001 May 17;411(6835):257-8
references.pmid: 11357116
references.citation: J Comp Neurol. 1999 Apr 28;407(1):115-29
references.pmid: 10213192