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PDFHolmes, M.M., Bartrem, C.L. and Wade, J. (2007) Androgen dependent seasonal changes in muscle fiber type in the dewlap neuromuscular system of green anoles.  Physiol. Behav.  91:601-608.

 

.PDFNeal, J.K. and Wade, J. (2007) Androgen receptor expression and morphology of forebrain and neuromuscular systems in male green anoles displaying individual differences in sexual behavior.  Horm. Behav.  52:288-236.

 

PDFNeal, J.K. and Wade, J. (2007) Courtship and copulation in the adult male green anole:  Effects of season, hormone and female contact on reproductive behavior and morphology.  Behav. Brain Res.  177:177-185.

 

PDFNeal, J.K. and Wade, J.  (2007) Effects of season, testosterone and female exposure on c-fos expression in the preoptic area and amygdala of male green anoles.  Brain Res.  1166:124-131

 

PDFTang, Y.P., Peabody, C. and Wade, J.  (2007) Sexually dimorphic SCAMP1 expression in the forebrain motor pathway for song production of juvenile zebra finches.  Dev. Neurobiol.  67:474-482.

 

PDFBailey, D.J. and Wade, J.  (2006) Sexual dimorphism in song-induced zenk expression in the medial striatum of juvenile zebra finches.  Neurosci. Lett.  401:86-91.

 

PDFTang, Y.P. and Wade, J. (2006) Sexually dimorphic expression of the genes encoding ribosomal proteins L17 and L37 in the song control nuclei of juvenile zebra finches.  Brain Res. 1126:102-108.  Special Issue:  “Sex, Genes and Steroids”.

 

PDFBailey, D.J. and Wade, J. (2005) Fos and zenk responses in 45 day-old zebra finches vary with auditory stimulus and brain region, but not sex.  Behav. Brain Res.  162:108-115.

 

PDFHolmes, M.M., Putz, O., Crews, D. and Wade, J. (2005) Normally occurring intersexuality and testosterone-induced plasticity in the copulatory system of adult leopard geckos.  Horm. Behav. 47:439-445.

 

PDFHolmes, M.M. and Wade, J. (2005) Sexual differentiation of the copulatory neuromuscular system in green anoles (Anolis carolinensis):  Normal ontogeny and manipulation of steroid hormones.  J. Comp. Neurol. 489:480-490.

 

PDFHolmes, M.M. and Wade, J.  (2005) Testosterone regulates androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the copulatory, but not courtship, neuromuscular system in adult male green anoles.  J. Neuroendocrinol. 17:560-569.

 

PDFVeney, S.L. and Wade, J. (2005) Post-hatching syrinx development in the zebra finch:  An analysis of androgen receptor, aromatase, estrogen receptor α and estrogen receptor β mRNAs.  J. Comp. Physiol. A.  191:97-104.

 

PDFWade, J., Tang Y.P., Peabody, C.P. and Tempelman, R.J.  (2005) Enhanced gene expression in the forebrain of hatchling and juvenile male zebra finches.  J. Neurobiol.  64:224-248.

 

PDFHolmes, M.M. and Wade, J. (2004) Characterization of projections from a sexually dimorphic motor nucleus in the spinal cord of adult green anoles.  J. Comp. Neurol.  471:180-187.

 

PDFHolmes, M.M. and Wade, J.  (2004) Seasonal plasticity in the copulatory neuromuscular system of green anole lizards:  A role for testosterone in muscle but not motoneuron morphology.  J. Neurobiol.  60:1-11.

 

PDFLovern, M.B., Holmes, M.M., Fuller, C.O. and Wade, J.  (2004) Effects of testosterone on the development of neuromuscular systems and their target tissues involved in courtship and copulation in green anoles (Anolis carolinensis).  Horm. Behav. 45:295-305.

 

PDFRosen, G.J., O’Bryant, E.L., Swender, D. and Wade, J. (2004) Fiber type composition of the muscle responsible for throat fan extension in green anole lizards.  Brain Behav. Evol. 64:34-41.

 

PDFVeney, S.L. and Wade, J. (2004) Steroid receptors in the adult zebra finch syrinx:  A sex difference in androgen receptor mRNA, minimal expression of estrogen receptor a and aromatase.  Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.  136:192-199.

 

PDFAgate, R.J., Grisham, W., Wade, J., Mann, S., Wingfield, J., Schanan, C., Palotie, A. and Arnold, A.P.  (2003) Neural, not gonadal, origin of brain sex differences in a gynandromorph finch. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.  100:4873-4878.

 

PDFBailey, D.J. and Wade, J. (2003) Differential expression of the immediate early genes fos and zenk following auditory stimulation in the juvenile male and female zebra finch.  Mol. Brain Res. 116: 147-154.

 

PDFLovern, M.B. and Wade, J. (2003) Yolk testosterone varies with sex in eggs of the lizard, Anolis carolinensis.  J. Exp. Zool.  295A:206-210. 

 

PDFVeney, S.L., Peabody, C., Smith G.W. and Wade, J. (2003) Sexually dimorphic neurocalcin expression in the developing zebra finch telencephalon.  J. Neurobiol.  56:372-386.

 

PDFBailey, D.J., Rosebush, J.C. and Wade, J.  (2002) The hippocampus and caudomedial neostriatum show selective responsiveness to conspecific song in the female zebra finch.  J. Neurobiol. 52:43-51.

 

PDFO’Bryant, E.L. and Wade, J. (2002) Seasonal and sexual dimorphisms in the green anole forebrain.  Horm. Behav. 41:384-395. 

 

PDFO’Bryant, E.L. and Wade, J. (2002) Sexual dimorphism in neuromuscular junction size on a muscle used in courtship by green anole lizards.  J. Neurobiol.  50:24-30.

 

PDFRosen, G.J., O’Bryant, E.L., Matthews, J., Zacharewski, T. and Wade, J. (2002) Distribution of androgen receptor mRNA expression and immunoreactivity in the brain of the green anole lizard.  J. Neuroendocrinol. 14:19-28.

 

PDFRuiz, C.C. and Wade, J.  (2002) Sexual dimorphisms in a copulatory neuromuscular system in the green anole lizard.  J. Comp. Neurol.  443:289-297.

 

PDFWade, J. Buhlman, L. and Swender, D.  (2002) Post-hatching hormonal modulation of a sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system controlling song in zebra finches.  Brain Res.  929:191-201.

 

PDFAdkins-Regan, E. and Wade, J. (2001) Masculinized sexual partner preference in female zebra finches with sex-reversed gonads.  Horm. Behav. 39:22-28.

 

PDFLovern, M.B. and Wade, J.  (2001) Maternal plasma and egg yolk testosterone concentrations during embryonic development in green anoles (Anolis carolinensis).  Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.  124:226-235.

 

PDFO’Bryant, E.L. and Wade, J. (2001) Development of a sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system involved in green anole courtship behavior.  Brain Behav. Evol.  58:362-369.

 

PDFRosen, G.J. and Wade, J. (2001) Androgen metabolism in the brain of the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis):  Effects of sex and season. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 122:40-47.

 

O’Bryant, E.L. and Wade, J. (2000) Arborization of dewlap motoneurons in the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) is not sexually dimorphic.  Neurosci. Lett.  281:115-118.

 

Rosen, G.J. and Wade, J.  (2000) The role of 5a-reductase in sexual behaviors of the green anole lizard. Physiol. Behav.  69:487-498.

 

Wade, J. (2000) TrkB-like immunoreactivity in the song system of developing zebra finches.  J. Chem. Neuroanat.  19:33-39.

 

PDFWade, J. and Buhlman, L. (2000) Lateralization and effects of adult androgen in a sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system controlling song in zebra finches.  J. Comp. Neurol. 426:154-164.

 

Contreras, M.L. and Wade, J. (1999) Interactions between nerve growth factor binding and estradiol in early development of the zebra finch telencephalon.  J. Neurobiol.  40:149-157.

 

PDFO’Bryant, E.L. and Wade, J.  (1999) Sexual dimorphisms in a neuromuscular system regulating courtship in the green anole lizard:  Effects of season and androgen treatment.  J. Neurobiol.  40:202-213.

 

Romeo, R.D., Wade, J., Venier, J.E. and Sisk, C.L. (1999) Androgenic regulation of hypothalamic aromatase activity in prepubertal and adult male golden hamsters. Endocrinol.  140:112-117.

 

PDFWade, J., Swender, D.A. and McElhinny, T.L.  (1999) Sexual differentiation of the zebra finch song system parallels genetic, not gonadal, sex.  Horm. Behav.  36:141-152.

 

Winkler, S. and Wade, J. (1998) Aromatase activity and regulation of sexual behaviors in the green anole lizard.  Physiol. Behav.  64:723-731.

 

Wade, J. (1998) Sexual dimorphisms in the brainstem of the green anole lizard. Brain Behav. Evol.  52:46-54.

 

Springer, M.L. and Wade, J. (1997) The effects of testicular tissue and prehatching inhibition of estrogen synthesis on zebra finch courtship and copulatory behavior.  Horm. Behav. 32:46-59.

 

Wade, J. (1997) Androgen metabolism in the brain of the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.  106:127-137.

 

 

Reviews

 

PDFWade, J. (2005) Current research on the behavioral neuroendocrinology of reptiles. Horm. Behav. 48:451-460.

 

Lovern, M.B., Holmes, M.M. and Wade, J. (2004) The green anole, Anolis carolinensis:  A reptilian model for laboratory studies of reproductive morphology and behavior.  ILAR Journal 45:54-64.

 

Wade, J. and Arnold, A.P. (2004) Sexual differentiation of the zebra finch song system.  In:  H. P. Zeigler and P. Marler (eds.) Behavioral Neurobiology of Birdsong. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1016:540-559.

 

PDFWade, J.  (2001) Zebra finch sexual differentiation:  The aromatization hypothesis revisited.  Microsc. Res. Tech. 54:354-363. 

 

Wade, J. (1999) Bird song:  steroid hormones and plasticity.  In:  Embryonic Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.  Nature Publishing Group, London. www.els.net.

 

Wade, J. (1999) Sexual dimorphisms in avian and reptilian courtship:  Two systems that do not play by mammalian rules.  Brain. Behav. Evol.  54:15-27.

 

Wade, J. and Crews, D. (1998) Biopsychology of lizard reproductive behavior.  In: G. Greenberg and M. Haraway (eds.) Comparative Psychology:  A Handbook.  Garland Publishing, New York.  pp. 348-354.

 

Grisham, W., Wade, J. and Arnold, A.P. (1997) Sexual differentiation of the songbird brain: evidence for hormonal and non-hormonal mechanisms.  In:  S. Harvey and R.J. Etches (eds.) Perspectives in Avian Endocrinology.  Journal of Endocrinology Ltd, Bristol.  pp. 37-46.

 

Arnold, A.P., Wade, J., Grisham, W., Jacobs, E. and Campagnoni, A. (1996) Sexual differentiation of the brain in songbirds.  Dev. Neurosci.  18:124-136.