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Selected Publications
  • Holzenberger, M., Jarvis, E., Chong, C., Grossman, M., Nottebohm, F. and Scharff, C. (1997). Selective expression of insulin-like growth factor II in the songbird brain. J. Neurosci. 17:6974-6984.

  • Scharff, C., Nottebohm, F. and Cynx, C. (1998) Conspecifc and heterospecific song discrimination in male zebra finches with lesions in the anterior forebrain pathway. J. Neurobiol. 36:81-90.

  • Jarvis, E., Scharff, C., Ramos, J., Grossman, M., and Nottebohm, F. (1998) For whom the bird sings: Context-dependent gene expression. Neuron 21:775-788.

  • Scharff, C., Kirn, J, Macklis, J., Nottebohm,F. (2000) Targeted neuronal death affects neuronal replacement and vocal behavior in adult songbirds. Scharff, C, J Kirn, J Macklis and F Nottebohm. Neuron 25:481-492.

  • Nehrbass, N., Jarvis, E., Scharff, C., Nottebohm,F. and Mello,C.V. (2000) Site-specific retinoic acid production in the brain of adult songbirds. Neuron 27:359-370.

  • Scharff, C. (2000) Chasing fate and function of new neurons in adult brains. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 10:774-783.

  • Doetsch, F. and Scharff, C. (2001) Challenges for brain repair: insights from adult neurogenesis in birds and mammals. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 58(5):306-22.

  • Scharff, C. and White, S.A. (2004) Genetic components of vocal learning. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1016:325-47.

  • Gurok, U., Steinhoff, C., Lipkowitz, B., Ropers, H.H., Scharff, C., Nuber, U.A. (2004) Gene expression changes in the course of neural progenitor cell differentiation. J Neurosci. 24(26):5982-6002.

  • Haesler, S., Wada, K., Nshdejan, A., Morrisey, E.E., Lints, T., Jarvis, E.D., Scharff, C. (2004) FoxP2 expression in avian vocal learners and non-learners. J Neurosci. 31;24(13):3164-75.

  • Scharff C., Haesler S. (2005) An evolutionary perspective on FoxP2: strictly for the birds?
    Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 15(6):694-703. Epub 2005 Nov 2.