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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sarah W. Bottjer is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans several fields within the biological sciences, with a focus on animal vocal communication and behavior, developmental biology, and neural dynamics related to brain function.

The primary fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Specific subfields are centered around developmental biology and ecology, including:

  • Developmental Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

The main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Recent publications that showcase their research activity are:

  • Multidimensional Tuning in Motor Cortical Neurons during Active Behavior, 2020, eNeuro
  • Developmentally regulated pathways for motor skill learning in songbirds, 2021, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Multi-dimensional tuning in motor cortical neurons during active behavior, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Responses to song playback differ in sleeping versus anesthetized songbirds, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Editorial Board, 2020, Trends in Neurosciences

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eNeuro
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Trends in Neurosciences

Co-authorship patterns indicate collaborations with:

  • Rachel Yuan
  • Chloé L. Le Moing
  • Ellysia Li
  • Jin Hyung Alex Chung
  • Matthew D. Keefe

Sarah W. Bottjer was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008, reflecting participation and acknowledgment in the broader scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Forebrain lesions disrupt development but not maintenance of song in passerine birds

    Sarah W. Bottjer;Elizabeth A. Miesner;Arthur P. Arnold

  • Axonal connections of a forebrain nucleus involved with vocal learning in zebra finches.

    Sarah W. Bottjer;Keri A. Halsema;Sandra A. Brown;Elizabeth A. Miesner

  • CIRCUITS, HORMONES, AND LEARNING : VOCAL BEHAVIOR IN SONGBIRDS

    Sarah W. Bottjer;Frank Johnson

  • The distribution of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the brains of male and female zebra finches.

    Sarah W. Bottjer

  • Ontogeny of brain nuclei controlling song learning and behavior in zebra finches

    SW Bottjer;SL Glaessner;AP Arnold

  • Topographic organization of a forebrain pathway involved with vocal learning in zebra finches

    Frank Johnson;Michelle M. Sablan;Sarah W. Bottjer

  • Neurotrophins Suppress Apoptosis Induced by Deafferentation of an Avian Motor-Cortical Region

    Frank Johnson;Stephen E. Hohmann;Peter S. DiStefano;Sarah W. Bottjer

  • Connections of a motor cortical region in zebra finches: relation to pathways for vocal learning.

    Sarah W. Bottjer;James D. Brady;Blaine Cribbs

  • Chronic testosterone treatment impairs vocal learning in male zebra finches during a restricted period of development

    S Korsia;SW Bottjer

  • Axonal connections of the medial magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum in zebra finches.

    Elizabeth F. Foster;Ritvik P. Mehta;Sarah W. Bottjer

  • An immunohistochemical and pathway tracing study of the striatopallidal organization of area X in the male zebra finch.

    Anton Reiner;Antonio V. Laverghetta;Antonio V. Laverghetta;Christopher A. Meade;Christopher A. Meade;Sherry L. Cuthbertson;Sherry L. Cuthbertson

  • Changes in neuronal number, density and size account for increases in volume of song-control nuclei during song development in zebra finches

    Sarah W. Bottjer;Elizabeth A. Miesner;Arthur P. Arnold

  • Axonal connections of the high vocal center and surrounding cortical regions in juvenile and adult male zebra finches.

    Elizabeth F. Foster;Sarah W. Bottjer

  • Castration and antisteroid treatment impari vocal learning in male zebra finches

    Sarah W. Bottjer;Samantha J. Hewer

  • DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY IN NEURAL CIRCUITS FOR A LEARNED BEHAVIOR

    Sarah W. Bottjer;Arthur P. Arnold

  • Neurogenesis in adult canary telencephalon is independent of gonadal hormone levels

    Susan D. Brown;Frank Johnson;Sarah W. Bottjer

  • Differential estrogen accumulation among populations of projection neurons in the higher vocal center of male canaries.

    Frank Johnson;Sarah W. Bottjer

  • Growth and regression of thalamic efferents in the song-control system of male zebra finches.

    Frank Johnson;Sarah W. Bottjer

  • Lesions of a telencephalic nucleus in male zebra finches: Influences on vocal behavior in juveniles and adults.

    Elizabeth F. Foster;Sarah W. Bottjer

  • Development of topography within song control circuitry of zebra finches during the sensitive period for song learning.

    Soumya Iyengar;Sandya S. Viswanathan;Sarah W. Bottjer

Frequent Co-Authors

Myron C. Baker
Myron C. Baker Colorado State University
Mark S. Seidenberg
Mark S. Seidenberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eliot A. Brenowitz
Eliot A. Brenowitz University of Washington
Kathy W. Nordeen
Kathy W. Nordeen University of Rochester
E. J. Nordeen
E. J. Nordeen University of Rochester
Dale R. Sengelaub
Dale R. Sengelaub Indiana University

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