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.