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Barney A. Schlinger is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans several interconnected fields, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, they focus extensively on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Developmental Biology; Behavioral Neuroscience; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics of Schlinger's research revolve around Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension, and Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior.

Barney A. Schlinger has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publication venues where their work appears repeatedly. These include:

  • Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Recent scholarly publications by Schlinger include:

  • The form, function, and evolutionary significance of neural aromatization, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • Physiological innovation and the evolutionary elaboration of courtship behaviour, 2021, Animal Behaviour
  • Layered evolution of gene expression in "superfast" muscles for courtship, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The stressed brain: regional and stress-related corticosterone and stress-regulated gene expression in the adult zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), 2020, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution-From concepts to a case study in birds, 2023, Hormones and Behavior

Barney A. Schlinger has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Matthew J. Fuxjager (8 joint publications)
  • Michelle A. Rensel (4 joint publications)
  • Leonida Fusani (3 joint publications)
  • Robert J. Driver (3 joint publications)
  • Lainy B. Day (3 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Forebrain steroid levels fluctuate rapidly during social interactions.

    Luke Remage-Healey;Nigel T Maidment;Barney A Schlinger

  • Distribution and regulation of telencephalic aromatase expression in the zebra finch revealed with a specific antibody.

    Colin J. Saldanha;Melanie J. Tuerk;Yong-Hwan Kim;Augustine O. Fernandes

  • Brain is the major site of estrogen synthesis in a male songbird.

    Barney A. Schlinger;Arthur P. Arnold

  • Brain estrogens rapidly strengthen auditory encoding and guide song preference in a songbird

    Luke Remage-Healey;Melissa J. Coleman;Randi K. Oyama;Barney A. Schlinger

  • Circulating estrogens in a male songbird originate in the brain.

    Barney A. Schlinger;Arthur P. Arnold

  • Female choice for male motor skills

    Julia Barske;Barney A. Schlinger;Martin Wikelski;Leonida Fusani

  • Aromatization mediates aggressive behavior in quail.

    Barney A. Schlinger;Barney A. Schlinger;Gloria V. Callard;Gloria V. Callard

  • Neurobiological Effects of Sex Steroid Hormones

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  • Synaptocrine signaling: steroid synthesis and action at the synapse.

    Colin J. Saldanha;Luke Remage-Healey;Barney A. Schlinger

  • Brain aromatase, 5α‐reductase, and 5β‐reductase change seasonally in wild male song sparrows: Relationship to aggressive and sexual behavior

    Kiran K. Soma;Barney A. Schlinger;John C. Wingfield;Colin J. Saldanha

  • An atlas of aromatase mRNA expression in the zebra finch brain

    P. Shen;B. A. Schlinger;A. T. Campagnoni;A. P. Arnold

  • Sex steroids and their actions on the birdsong system.

    Barney A. Schlinger

  • Acute and chronic effects of an aromatase inhibitor on territorial aggression in breeding and nonbreeding male song sparrows

    Kiran K. Soma;Kim A. Sullivan;Anthony D. Tramontin;Colin J. Saldanha

  • Brain aromatase: new lessons from non-mammalian model systems.

    Paul M. Forlano;Barney A. Schlinger;Andrew H. Bass

  • Aromatase is pre-synaptic and sexually dimorphic in the adult zebra finch brain

    R. Scott Peterson;Lakshmi Yarram;Barney A Schlinger;Colin J Saldanha

  • Variation in aromatase activity in the medial preoptic area and plasma progesterone is associated with the onset of paternal behavior.

    Brian C. Trainor;Ian M. Bird;Noel A. Alday;Barney A. Schlinger

  • Neural sensitivity to sex steroids predicts individual differences in aggression: implications for behavioural evolution

    K. A. Rosvall;C. M. Bergeon Burns;J. Barske;J. L. Goodson

  • Rapid Upregulation of Aromatase mRNA and Protein Following Neural Injury in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

    R. Scott Peterson;C. J. Saldanha;B. A. Schlinger

  • Plasma sex steroids and tissue aromatization in hatchling zebra finches: implications for the sexual differentiation of singing behavior.

    Barney A. Schlinger;Arthur P. Arnold

  • 3β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase/Isomerase and Aromatase Activity in Primary Cultures of Developing Zebra Finch Telencephalon: Dehydroepiandrosterone as Substrate for Synthesis of Androstenedione and Estrogens

    Ana Vanson;Arthur P. Arnold;Barney A. Schlinger

  • Aggressive interactions rapidly increase androgen synthesis in the brain during the non-breeding season

    Devaleena S. Pradhan;Amy E.M. Newman;Douglas W. Wacker;John C. Wingfield

  • Localization of aromatase in synaptosomal and microsomal subfractions of quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) brain.

    Barney A. Schlinger;Gloria V. Callard

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke Remage-Healey
Luke Remage-Healey University of Massachusetts Amherst
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Paul E. Micevych
Paul E. Micevych University of California, Los Angeles
Nicola S. Clayton
Nicola S. Clayton University of Cambridge
Mark Diekhans
Mark Diekhans University of California, Santa Cruz
David Haussler
David Haussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University
Nigel T. Maidment
Nigel T. Maidment University of California, Los Angeles
Alain Vignal
Alain Vignal Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Andre Franke
Andre Franke Kiel University

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