Publications

Pytte, C.L., Lahti, D.C., Pytte, C.L. Sleep and bird songs. In Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams. ABC-CLIO, Inc. Santa Barbara, CA., in press.

Pytte, C.L., George, S., Korman, S., David, E., Bogdan, D., Kirn, J.R. (2012) Adult neurogenesis may promote the maintenance of a stereotyped, learned motor behavior. The Journal of Neuroscience. 32:7052-7057.

Pytte, C.L., Fienup, D.M. (2012) Using equivalence class based instruction to increase efficiency in teaching neuroanatomy. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 10:125-131.

Flory, J.D., Pytte, C.L., Hurd, Y., Ferrel, R.E., Manuck, S.B. (2011) Alcohol dependence, disinhibited behavior and variation in the prodynorphin gene. Biological Psychology 88:51-56.

Pytte, C.L., Yu, Y. , Wildstein, S., George, S., Kirn, J.R. (2011) Adult neuron addition to the zebra finch song motor pathway correlates with the rate and extent of recovery from botox-induced paralysis of the vocal muscles. The Journal of Neuroscience 31:16958-16968.

Cataldo, G., Lovric, J., Chen, C.C., Pytte, C.L., Bodnar, R.J. (2010) Ventromedial and medial preoptic hypothalamic ibotenic acid lesions potentiate systemic morphine analgesia in female, but not male rats. Behavioural Brain Research 214:301-16.

Pytte, C.L., Parent, C., Wildstein, S., Varghese, C., Oberlander, S. (2010) Deafening decreases neuronal incorporation in the avian auditory region of the caudomedial nidopallium (NCM). Behavioural Brain Research 211:141-7.

Hurley, P., Pytte, C.L., Kirn J.R. (2008) Nest of origin predicts adult neuron addition rates in the vocal control system of the zebra finch. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 71:263- 270.

Pytte, C.L., Wilbrecht, L., Kirn, J.R. (2008) Neuron addition and loss in the song system: Regulation and function. In Neuroscience of Birdsong (H.P. Zeigler and P. Marler, eds.) Cambridge University Press. pp 350­366.

Pytte, C.L., Gerson, M., Kirn, J.R. (2007) Increasing stereotypy in adult zebra finch song correlates with a declining rate of adult neurogenesis. Developmental Neurobiology 67:1699-1720.

Phan, M.L., Pytte, C.L., Vicario, D.S. (2006) Early auditory experience generates long-lasting memories that may subserve vocal learning in songbirds. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:1088-93.

Deregnaucourt, S., Mitra, P.P, Feher, O., Pytte, C.L., Tchernichovski, O. (2005) How sleep affects the developmental learning of bird song. Nature 433:710-716.

Pytte, C.L., Ficken, M.S., Moiseff, A. (2004) Ultrasonic singing in the blue-throated hummingbird: A comparison of production and perception. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 190:665-73.

Pytte, C.L., Rusch, K., Ficken, M.S. (2003) Regulation of vocal amplitude in the blue throated hummingbird (Lampornis clemenciae). Animal Behaviour 66:703-710.

Landers, M., Pytte, C.L., Zeigler, H.P. (2002) Technical Note: Reversible blockade of rodent whisking: Botulinum toxin as a tool for developmental studies. Somatosensory and Motor Research 19:358-363.

Wang, N., Hurley, P., Pytte, C.L., Kirn, J.R. (2002) Vocal control neuron incorporation decreases with age in the adult zebra finch. Journal of Neuroscience 22:10864-70.

Pytte, C.L., Suthers, R.A. (2000) Sensitive period for sensorimotor integration during vocal motor learning. Journal of Neurobiology 42:172-189.

Pytte, C.L., Suthers, R.A. (1999) A bird’s own song contributes to conspecific song perception. NeuroReport 10:1773-1778.

Suthers, R.A., Goller, F, Pytte, C.L. (1999) The neuromuscular control of birdsong. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 354:927-939.

Pytte, C.L. (1997) Song organization of house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) at the edge of an expanding range. The Condor 99:942-954.

Rusch, K., Pytte, C.L., Ficken, M.S. (1996). Organization of agonistic vocalizations of the black-chinned hummingbird. The Condor 98:557-566.

Pytte C.L., Ficken, M.S. (1994) Aerial display sounds of the black-chinned hummingbird. The Condor 96:1088-1091.