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Translating Birdsong: Songbirds as a Model for Basic and Applied Medical Research

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The Zebra Finch Paradox: Song Is Little Changed, But Number of Neurons Doubles

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Adult Neurogenesis Is Associated with the Maintenance of a Stereotyped, Learned Motor Behavior

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A rat brain atlas of urotensin-II receptor expression and a review of central urotensin-II effects

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The Songbird Neurogenomics (SoNG) Initiative: community-based tools and strategies for study of brain gene function and evolution

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Effects of urotensin-II on cerebral blood flow and ischemia in anesthetized rats

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Characterization of urotensin II, distribution of urotensin II, urotensin II-related peptide and UT receptor mRNAs in mouse: evidence of urotensin II at the neuromuscular junction

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Using temperature to analyse temporal dynamics in the songbird motor pathway

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Effect of central urotensin II on heart rate, blood pressure and brain Fos immunoreactivity in conscious rats

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Urotensin II and urotensin II-related peptide activate somatostatin receptor subtypes 2 and 5

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Birdsong “Transcriptomics”: Neurochemical Specializations of the Oscine Song System

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