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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1989 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Eliot A. Brenowitz is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Environmental Science; and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. They have also contributed significantly to subfields such as Developmental Biology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Marine Animal Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies, and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Recent publications by Eliot A. Brenowitz include:

  • Adult neurogenesis is necessary for functional regeneration of a forebrain neural circuit, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • An ecological and neurobiological perspective on the evolution of vocal learning, 2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Taking turns: The neural control of birdsong duets, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Inflammation Induced by Natural Neuronal Death and LPS Regulates Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation in the Healthy Adult Brain, 2020, eNeuro
  • Dr. Walter Wilczynski, 1952-2020, 2020, Brain Behavior and Evolution

Frequent co-authors of Eliot A. Brenowitz include Tracy A. Larson, Michael D. Beecher, Yekaterina Tokareva, Marianne Meritt Cole, and Karin Lent.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in publication venues such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, eNeuro, Brain Behavior and Evolution, and The Journal of Immunology.

Awards received by Eliot A. Brenowitz include the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008 and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Functional aspects of song learning in songbirds

    Michael D. Beecher;Eliot A. Brenowitz

  • Seasonal plasticity in the adult brain.

    Anthony D. Tramontin;Eliot A. Brenowitz

  • An Introduction to Birdsong and the Avian Song System

    Eliot A. Brenowitz;Daniel Margoliash;Kathy W. Nordeen

  • Seasonal Changes in Testosterone, Neural Attributes of Song Control Nuclei, and Song Structure in Wild Songbirds

    G. Troy Smith;Eliot A. Brenowitz;Michael D. Beecher;John C. Wingfield

  • The active space of red-winged blackbird song

    Eliot A. Brenowitz

  • Altered perception of species-specific song by female birds after lesions of a forebrain nucleus

    Eliot A. Brenowitz

  • Song learning in birds: diversity and plasticity, opportunities and challenges

    Eliot A. Brenowitz;Michael D. Beecher

  • Comparative approaches to the avian song system

    Eliot A. Brenowitz

  • Sexual differences in species recognition of avian song

    W. A. Searcy;E. A. Brenowitz

  • Seasonal changes in avian song nuclei without seasonal changes in song repertoire

    Eliot A. Brenowitz;Belinda Nalls;John C. Wingfield;Donald E. Kroodsma

  • Seasonal changes in song nuclei and song behavior in Gambel's white-crowned sparrows.

    Smith Gt;Brenowitz Ea;Wingfield Jc;Baptista Lf

  • Roles of photoperiod and testosterone in seasonal plasticity of the avian song control system.

    G. Troy Smith;Eliot A. Brenowitz;John C. Wingfield

  • Interspecific comparisons of the size of neural song control regions and song complexity in duetting birds: evolutionary implications

    EA Brenowitz;AP Arnold

  • Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) increases territorial song and the size of an associated brain region in a male songbird.

    Kiran K. Soma;Anne M. Wissman;Eliot A. Brenowitz;John C. Wingfield

  • Acoustic communication in spring peepers - Call characteristics and neurophysiological aspects

    Walter Wilczynski;Harold H. Zakon;Eliot A. Brenowitz

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

    Kirstin Replogle;Arthur P Arnold;Gregory F Ball;Mark Band

  • Breeding Conditions Induce Rapid and Sequential Growth in Adult Avian Song Control Circuits: A Model of Seasonal Plasticity in the Brain

    Anthony D. Tramontin;Vesta N. Hartman;Eliot A. Brenowitz

  • Brain space for learned song in birds develops independently of song learning

    Eliot A. Brenowitz;Karin Lent;Donald E. Kroodsma

  • Seasonal plasticity and sexual dimorphism in the avian song control system: stereological measurement of neuron density and number.

    Anthony D. Tramontin;G. Troy Smith;Creagh W. Breuner;Eliot A. Brenowitz

  • Neural and Hormonal Control of Birdsong

    Barney A. Schlinger;Eliot A. Brenowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Perkel
David J. Perkel University of Washington
Edwin W. Rubel
Edwin W. Rubel University of Washington
Gary J. Rose
Gary J. Rose University of Utah
Michael D. Beecher
Michael D. Beecher University of Washington
David F. Clayton
David F. Clayton Clemson University
Kathy W. Nordeen
Kathy W. Nordeen University of Rochester
Harold H. Zakon
Harold H. Zakon The University of Texas at Austin
Walter Wilczynski
Walter Wilczynski Georgia State University
Gregory T. Smith
Gregory T. Smith University of Kentucky
E. J. Nordeen
E. J. Nordeen University of Rochester

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