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D-Index
35
Citations
5558
World Ranking
9166
National Ranking
3870

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Kathy W. Nordeen is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. The academic profile reflects involvement in scholarly activities primarily associated with this institution.

The scientist was awarded the Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1987, indicating recognition within the professional community at that time.

Best Publications

  • Auditory feedback is necessary for the maintenance of stereotyped song in adult zebra finches

    Kathy W. Nordeen;Ernest J. Nordeen

  • Androgens prevent normally occurring cell death in a sexually dimorphic spinal nucleus

    E. J. Nordeen;K. W. Nordeen;D. R. Sengelaub;A. P. Arnold

  • Selective impairment of song learning following lesions of a forebrain nucleus in the juvenile zebra finch

    Farida Sohrabji;Ernest J. Nordeen;Kathy W. Nordeen

  • An Introduction to Birdsong and the Avian Song System

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

  • Projection neurons within a vocal motor pathway are born during song learning in zebra finches.

    Kathy W. Nordeen;Ernest J. Nordeen

  • Ascending projections to the inferior colliculus following unilateral cochlear ablation in the neonatal gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus

    K. W. Nordeen;H. P. Killackey;L. M. Kitzes

  • Sex and regional differences in the incorporation of neurons born during song learning in zebra finches

    EJ Nordeen;KW Nordeen

  • Ascending auditory projections to the inferior colliculus in the adult gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus.

    K. W. Nordeen;K. W. Nordeen;H. P. Killackey;L. M. Kitzes

  • Blockade of NMDA Receptors in the Anterior Forebrain Impairs Sensory Acquisition in the Zebra Finch (Poephila guttata)

    M.E. Basham;E.J. Nordeen;K.W. Nordeen

  • Estrogen establishes sex differences in androgen accumulation in zebra finch brain

    KW Nordeen;EJ Nordeen;AP Arnold

  • Neuron loss and addition in developing zebra finch song nuclei are independent of auditory experience during song learning.

    Michael J. Burek;Kathy W. Nordeen;Ernest J. Nordeen

  • Estrogen stimulates the incorporation of new neurons into avian song nuclei during adolescence.

    Ernest J. Nordeen;Kathy W. Nordeen

  • Long-term maintenance of song in adult zebra finches is not affected by lesions of a forebrain region involved in song learning

    Kathy W. Nordeen;Ernest J. Nordeen

  • Anatomical and synaptic substrates for avian song learning.

    Kathy W. Nordeen;Ernest J. Nordeen

  • Sex‐dependent loss of projection neurons involved in avian song learning

    E. J. Nordeen;A. Grace;M. J. Burek;K. W. Nordeen

  • Individual variation in neuron number predicts differences in the propensity for avian vocal imitation

    B. C. Ward;E. J. Nordeen;K. W. Nordeen

  • Estrogen promotes neuron addition to an avian song-control nucleus by regulating post-mitotic events

    M.J. Burek;K.W. Nordeen;E.J. Nordeen

  • Sexual dimorphisms in the neural vocal control system in song birds: ontogeny and phylogeny.

    Arthur P. Arnold;Sarah W. Bottjer;Eliot A. Brenowitz;Ernest J. Nordeen

  • Distribution and developmental change in [3H]MK-801 binding within zebra finch song nuclei.

    Sandra M. Aamodt;Michael R. Kozlowski;Ernest J. Nordeen;Kathy W. Nordeen

  • Projections of androgen-accumulating neurons in a nucleus controlling avian song.

    Farida Sohrabji;Kathy W. Nordeen;Ernest J. Nordeen

Frequent Co-Authors

E. J. Nordeen
E. J. Nordeen University of Rochester
Farida Sohrabji
Farida Sohrabji Texas A&M University
Eliot A. Brenowitz
Eliot A. Brenowitz University of Washington
David F. Clayton
David F. Clayton Clemson University
Sarah W. Bottjer
Sarah W. Bottjer University of Southern California
Claudio V. Mello
Claudio V. Mello Oregon Health & Science University
Dale R. Sengelaub
Dale R. Sengelaub Indiana University
Daniel Margoliash
Daniel Margoliash University of Chicago

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