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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2004 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society In recognition of their fundamental contributions in identifying the organization and function of the avian brain systems for learning and executing birdsong
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Fernando Nottebohm is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their academic career is distinguished by contributions that have been recognized by multiple honors and memberships in prestigious organizations.

Among the awards received is the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute, awarded in 2006. In 2004, they were honored with the Karl Spencer Lashley Award by The American Philosophical Society, specifically acknowledging their fundamental contributions in identifying the organization and function of the avian brain systems for learning and executing birdsong.

They were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1988. Additionally, Nottebohm has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1983 and also as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since the same year.

Their work focuses primarily on the neurological and biological mechanisms related to birdsong, a subject relevant to neurobiology and ethology. The specific focus on avian brain systems highlights an interdisciplinary approach involving neuroscience, animal behavior, and learning processes.

Best Publications

  • Central control of song in the canary, Serinus canarius

    Fernando Nottebohm;Fernando Nottebohm;Tegner M. Stokes;Tegner M. Stokes;Christiana M. Leonard;Christiana M. Leonard

  • Neuronal production, migration, and differentiation in a vocal control nucleus of the adult female canary brain

    Steven A. Goldman;Fernando Nottebohm

  • Sexual dimorphism in vocal control areas of the songbird brain

    Fernando Nottebohm;Arthur P. Arnold

  • A comparative study of the behavioral deficits following lesions of various parts of the zebra finch song system: implications for vocal learning.

    Constance Scharff;Fernando Nottebohm

  • A brain for all seasons: cyclical anatomical changes in song control nuclei of the canary brain

    Fernando Nottebohm

  • A procedure for an automated measurement of song similarity

    Ofer Tchernichovski;Fernando Nottebohm;Ching Elizabeth Ho;Bijan Pesaran

  • Connections of vocal control nuclei in the canary telencephalon.

    Fernando Nottebohm;John A. Paton;Darcy B. Kelley

  • Seasonal recruitment of hippocampal neurons in adult free-ranging black-capped chickadees

    Anat Barnea;Fernando Nottebohm

  • Ontogeny of bird song.

    Fernando Nottebohm

  • Auditory pathways of caudal telencephalon and their relation to the song system of adult male zebra finches (Taenopygia guttata)

    G. Edward Vates;Bede M. Broome;Claudio V. Mello;Fernando Nottebohm

  • Neurons generated in the adult brain are recruited into functional circuits

    John A. Paton;Fernando N. Nottebohm

  • The Origins of Vocal Learning

    Fernando Nottebohm

  • Dynamics of the Vocal Imitation Process: How a Zebra Finch Learns Its Song

    Ofer Tchernichovski;Partha P. Mitra;Thierry Lints;Fernando Nottebohm

  • For Whom The Bird Sings: Context-Dependent Gene Expression

    Erich D Jarvis;Constance Scharff;Matthew R Grossman;Joana A Ramos

  • Testosterone triggers growth of brain vocal control nuclei in adult female canaries.

    Fernando Nottebohm

  • The telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon of the canary, Serinus canaria, in stereotaxic coordinates

    Tegner M. Stokes;Christiana M. Leonard;Fernando Nottebohm

  • Migration of young neurons in adult avian brain

    Arturo Alvarez-Buylla;Fernando Nottebohm

  • Developmental and seasonal changes in canary song and their relation to changes in the anatomy of song-control nuclei

    Fernando Nottebohm;Marta E. Nottebohm;Linda Crane

  • Neural lateralization of vocal control in a passerine bird. I. Song

    Fernando Nottebohm

  • Gonadal Hormones Induce Dendritic Growth in the Adult Avian Brain

    Timothy DeVoogd;Fernando Nottebohm

Frequent Co-Authors

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla University of California, San Francisco
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Constance Scharff
Constance Scharff Freie Universität Berlin
Claudio V. Mello
Claudio V. Mello Oregon Health & Science University
Linda Wilbrecht
Linda Wilbrecht University of California, Berkeley
Christiana M. Leonard
Christiana M. Leonard University of Florida
Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
David F. Clayton
David F. Clayton Clemson University
Steven A. Goldman
Steven A. Goldman University of Rochester Medical Center
Nathaniel Heintz
Nathaniel Heintz Rockefeller University

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