John Kirn

Selected Publications

1. Pytte, C, Gerson, M. and Kirn. J.R. Increasing stereotypy in adult zebra finch song correlates with a declining rate of adult neurogenesis.  J. Develop Neurobiology. In Press.
    
2. Pytte, C., Wilbrecht, L., and Kirn, J.R. Regulation and function of neuronal replacement in the avian song control systems.  In: The Neuroscience of Birdsong. H. Ziegler and P. Marler (eds), Cambridge University Press. In Press
    
3. Wilbrecht, L. and Kirn J.R. (2004) Neuron addition and loss in the song system: Regulation and function. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1016: 659-683
    
4. Wang, N., Hurley, P., Pytte, C., and Kirn, J.R. (2002) Vocal control neuron incorporation decreases with age in adult zebra finch. J. Neurosci. 22(24): 10864-10870.
   
   
5. Tekumalla, P.K., Tontonoz, M., Hesla, M.A. and Kirn, J.R. (2002) Effects of excess hormone on cell death, cell proliferation, and new neuron incorporation in the adult zebra finch telecephanlon. J. Neurobiol. 51: 323-341.
   
   
6. Scharff, C., Kirn, J.R., Grossman, M., Macklis, J.D., and Nottebohm, F. (2000). Targeted neuronal death affects neuronal replacement and vocal behavior in adult songbirds. Neuron 25: 481-492.
   
   
7. Wang, N., Aviram, R., and Kirn, J.R. (1999) Deafening alters neuron turnover within the telencephalic motor pathway for song control in adult zebra finches. J. Neurosci. 19(23):10554-10561.
   
   
8. Kirn, J.R., Fishman, Y., Sasportas, K., Alvarez-Buylla, A., and Nottebohm, F. (1999) Fate of new neurons in adult canary high vocal center during the first 30 days after their formatin. J. Com. Neurology 411: 487-494.
   
   
9. Alvarez-Buylla, A., and Kirn, J.R. (1997) Birth, migration, incorporation, and death of vocal control neurons in adult songbirds. J. Neurobiol. 33(5): 585-601.
   
   
10. Kirn, J.R., and Schwab, H. (1997). Photoperiod regulation of neuron death in the adult canary. J. Neurobiol. 33: 223-231.
    
    
11. Kirn, J. R., O'Loughlin, B., Kasparian, S., and Nottebohm, F. (1994) Cell death and neuronal recruitment in the high vocal center of adult male canaries are temporally related to changes in song. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 91: 7844-7848.
    
    
12. Kirn, J. R. and Nottebohm, F. (1993) Direct evidence for loss and replacement of projection neurons in the adult canary brain. J. Neurosci. 13(4): 1654-1663.
    
    
13. Kirn, J. R., Alvarez-Buylla, A., and Nottebohm, F. (1991) Production and survival of projection neurons in a forebrain vocal center of adult male canaries. J. Neurosci. 11(6): 1756-1762.
    
    
14. Alvarez-Buylla, A., Kirn, J. R., and Nottebohm, F. (1990) Birth of Projection Neurons in Adult Avian Brain May Be Related to Perception or Motor Learning. Science 249: 1444-1446.
    
    
15. Kirn, J. R., Clower, R. P., Kroodsma, D. E., and DeVoogd, T. J. (1989) Song-Related Brain Regions in the Red-Winged Blackbird are affected by Sex and Season but not Repertoire Size. J. Neurobiol. 20(3): 139-163.
    
    
16. Kirn, J. R. and DeVoogd, T. J. (1989) The Genesis and Death of Vocal Control Neurons During Sexual Differentiation in the Zebra Finch. J. Neurosci. 9(9): 3176-3187.