Gill, L.; Goymann, W.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Patterns of call communication between group-housed zebra finches change during the breeding cycle. eLife 4, e07770 (2015)
Lobato, M.; Vellema, M.; Gahr, C.; Leitao, A.; de Lima, S.; Geberzahn, N.; Gahr, M.: Mismatch in sexual dimorphism of developing song and song control system in blue-capped cordon-bleus, a songbird species with singing females and males. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3, 117 (2015)
Ota, N.; Gahr, M.; Soma, M.: Tap dancing birds: The multimodal mutual courtship display of males and females in a socially monogamous songbird. Scientific Reports 5, 16614 (2015)
Quispe Valdez, R.; Trappschuh, M.; Gahr, M.; Goymann, W.: Towards more physiological manipulations of hormones in field studies: Comparing the release dynamics of three kinds of testosterone implants, silastic tubing, time-release pellets and beeswax. General and Comparative Endocrinology 212, pp. 100 - 105 (2015)
Schwabl, H.; Dowling, J.; Baldassarre, D. T.; Gahr, M.; Lindsay, W. R.; Webster, M. S.: Variation in song system anatomy and androgen levels does not correspond to song characteristics in a tropical songbird. Animal Behaviour 104, pp. 39 - 50 (2015)
Gahr, M.: How hormone-sensitive are bird songs and what are the underlying mechanisms? Acta acustica united with acustica 100 (4), pp. 705 - 718 (2014)
Vellema, M.; Hertel, M.; Urbanus, S. L.; Van der Linden, A.; Gahr, M.: Evaluating the predictive value of doublecortin as a marker for adult neurogenesis in canaries (Serinus canaria). The Journal of Comparative Neurology 522 (6), pp. 1299 - 1315 (2014)
Vellema, M.; Ko, M.-C.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.: What makes a marker a good marker? Brain, behavior and evolution: Official journal of the J. B. Johnston Club 84 (1), pp. 5 - 7 (2014)
Voigt, C.; Gahr, M.; Leitner, S.; Lutermann, H.; Bennett, N. C.: Breeding status and social environment differentially affect the expression of sex steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA in the brain of female Damaraland mole-rats. Frontiers in Zoology 11, 38 (2014)
Apfelbeck, B. A.; Mortega, K. G.; Kiefer, S.; Kipper, S.; Vellema, M.; Villavicencio, C. P.; Gahr, M.; Goymann, W.: Associated and disassociated patterns in hormones, song, behavior and brain receptor expression between life-cycle stages in male black redstarts, Phoenicurus ochruros. General and Comparative Endocrinology 184, pp. 93 - 102 (2013)
Deregnaucourt, S.; Gahr, M.: Horizontal transmission of the father's song in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Biology Letters 9 (4), 20130247 (2013)
Deregnaucourt, S.; Poirier, C.; van der Kant, A.; van der Linden, A.; Gahr, M.: Comparisons of different methods to train a young zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) to learn a song. Journal of Physiology-Paris 107 (3), pp. 210 - 218 (2013)
Dittrich, F.; Ter Maat, A.; Jansen, R. F.; Pieneman, A. W.; Hertel, M.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.: Maximized song learning of juvenile male zebra finches following BDNF expression in the HVC. European Journal of Neuroscience: European Neuroscience Association 38 (9), pp. 3338 - 3344 (2013)
Geberzahn, N.; Gahr, M.: Song learning in male and female Uraeginthus cyanocephalus, a tropical songbird species. Journal of Comparative Psychology 127 (4), pp. 352 - 364 (2013)
Hirschenhauser, K.; Gahr, M.; Goymann, W.: Winning and losing in public: Audiences direct future success in Japanese quail. Hormones and Behavior 63 (4), pp. 625 - 633 (2013)
Van der Kant, A.; Deregnaucourt, S.; Gahr, M.; Van der Linden, A.; Poirier, C.: Representation of early sensory experience in the adult auditory midbrain: Implications for vocal learning. PLoS One 8 (4), e61764 (2013)
Beckers, G. J. L.; Gahr, M.: Large-scale synchronized activity during vocal deviance detection in the zebra finch auditory forebrain. The Journal of Neuroscience 32 (31), pp. 10594 - 10608 (2012)
Deregnaucourt, S.; Saar, S.; Gahr, M.: Melatonin affects the temporal pattern of vocal signatures in birds. Journal of Pineal Research 53 (3), pp. 245 - 258 (2012)
Poot, H.; Ter Maat, A.; Trost, L.; Schwabl, I.; Jansen, R. F.; Gahr, M.: Behavioural and physiological effects of population density on domesticated Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) held in aviaries. Physiology & Behavior 105 (3), pp. 821 - 828 (2012)
Geberzahn, N.; Gahr, M.: Undirected (solitary) birdsong in female and male blue-capped cordon-bleus (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) and its endocrine correlates. PLoS One 6 (10), e26485 (2011)
Pfannkuche, K. A.; Gahr, M.; Weites, I. M.; Riedstra, B.; Reusch, C.; Groothuis, T. G. G.: Examining a pathway for hormone mediated maternal effects - Yolk testosterone affects androgen receptor expression and endogenous testosterone production in young chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 172 (3), pp. 487 - 493 (2011)
Stiedl, O.; Youn, J.; Hager, T.; Jansen, R. F.; Ogren, S. O.; Meyer, M.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Integrated behavioural and physiological measures in fear learning. European Neuropsychopharmacology 21 (Suppl. 1), pp. S33 - S34 (2011)
Vellema, M.; Van der Linden, A.; Gahr, M.: Area-specific migration and recruitment of new neurons in the adult songbird brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 518 (9), pp. 1442 - 1459 (2010)
Deregnaucourt, S.; Saar, S.; Gahr, M.: Dynamics of crowing development in the domestic Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1665), pp. 2153 - 2162 (2009)
Hartog, T. E.; Dittrich, F.; Pieneman, A. W.; Jansen, R. F.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Lessmann, V.; Lilliehook, C.; Goldman, S. A.; Gahr, M.: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in the HVC is required for testosterone-induced song of female canaries. The Journal of Neuroscience 29 (49), pp. 15511 - 15519 (2009)
Gahr, M.; Metzdorf, R.; Schmidl, D.; Wickler, W.: Bi-Directional sexual dimorphisms of the song control nucleus HVC in a songbird with unison song. PLoS One 3 (8), e3073 (2008)
Gahr, M.: Sexual differentiation of the vocal control system of birds. Genetics of Sexual Differentiation and Sexually Dimorphic Behaviors 59, pp. 67 - 105 (2007)
Hodgson, Z. G.; Meddle, S. L.; Roberts, M. L.; Buchanan, K. L.; Matthew, R. E.; Metzdorf, R.; Gahr, M.; Healy, S. D.: Spatial ability is impaired and hippocampal mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA expression reduced in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) selected for acute high corticosterone response to stress. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1607), pp. 239 - 245 (2007)
Voigt, C.; Leitner, S.; Gahr, M.: Socially induced brain differentiation in a cooperatively breeding songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1626), pp. 2645 - 2652 (2007)
Dietzen, C.; Voigt, C.; Wink, M.; Gahr, M.; Leitner, S.: Phylogeography of Island Canary (Serinus canaria) populations. Journal of Ornithology 147 (3), pp. 485 - 494 (2006)
Gil, D.; Naguib, M.; Riebel, K.; Rutstein, A.; Gahr, M.: Early condition, song learning, and the volume of song brain nuclei in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of Neurobiology 66 (14), pp. 1602 - 1612 (2006)
Schregardus, D. S.; Pieneman, A. W.; Ter Maat, A.; Jansen, R. F.; Brouwer, T. J. F.; Gahr, M.: A lightweight telemetry system for recording neuronal activity in freely behaving small animals. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 155 (1), pp. 62 - 71 (2006)
Voigt, C.; Leitner, S.; Gahr, M.: Repertoire and structure of duet and solo songs in cooperatively breeding white-browed sparrow weavers. Behaviour 143 (2), pp. 159 - 182 (2006)
Jansen, R. F.; Metzdorf, R.; van der Roest, M.; Fusani, L.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Melatonin affects the temporal organization of the song of the zebra finch. The FASEB Journal 19, pp. 848 - 850 (2005)
Gahr, M.: Hormone-dependent neural plasticity in the juvenile and adult song system: What makes a successful male? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1016 (1), pp. 684 - 703 (2004)
Rybak, F.; Gahr, M.: Modulation by steroid hormones of a "sexy" acoustic signal in an Oscine species, the common Canary Serinus Canaria. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 76 (2), pp. 365 - 367 (2004)
Voigt, C.; Metzdorf, R.; Gahr, M.: Differential expression pattern and steroid hormone sensitivity of SNAP-25 and Synaptoporin mRNA in the telencephalic song control nucleus HVC of the zebra finch. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 475 (1), pp. 83 - 94 (2004)
Fusani, L.; Metzdorf, R.; Hutchison, J. B.; Gahr, M.: Aromatase inhibition affects testosterone-induced masculinization of song and the neural song system in female canaries. Journal of Neurobiology 54 (2), pp. 370 - 379 (2003)
Gahr, M.: Male Japanese quails with female brains do not show male behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100 (13), pp. 7959 - 7964 (2003)
Halle, F.; Gahr, M.; Kreutzer, M.: Effects of unilateral lesions of HVC on song patterns of male domesticated canaries. Journal of Neurobiology 56 (4), pp. 303 - 314 (2003)
Halle, F.; Gahr, M.; Kreutzer, M.: Impaired recovery of syllable repertoires after unilateral lesions of the HVC of male domesticated canaries. Animal Biology 53 (2), pp. 113 - 128 (2003)
Leitner, S.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Gahr, M.: Flexible reproduction in wild canaries is independent of photoperiod. General and Comparative Endocrinology 130 (2), pp. 102 - 108 (2003)
Voigt, C.; Leitner, S.; Gahr, M.: Mate fidelity in a population of island canaries (Serinus canaria) in the Madeiran Archipelago. Journal für Ornithologie 144 (1), pp. 86 - 92 (2003)
Gahr, M.; Leitner, S.; Fusani, L.; Rybak, F.: What is the adaptive role of neurogenesis in adult birds? Progress in Brain Research 138, pp. 233 - 254 (2002)