The" challenge hypothesis": theoretical implications for patterns of testosterone secretion, mating systems, and breeding strategies JC Wingfield, RE Hegner, AM Dufty Jr, GF Ball The American Naturalist 136 (6), 829-846, 1990 | 2533 | 1990 |
Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei A Reiner, DJ Perkel, LL Bruce, AB Butler, A Csillag, W Kuenzel, L Medina, ... Journal of Comparative Neurology 473 (3), 377-414, 2004 | 1291 | 2004 |
Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution ED Jarvis, O Güntürkün, L Bruce, A Csillag, H Karten, W Kuenzel, ... Nature Reviews Neuroscience 6 (2), 151-159, 2005 | 1249 | 2005 |
Photoperiodic control of seasonality in birds A Dawson, VM King, GE Bentley, GF Ball Journal of biological rhythms 16 (4), 365-380, 2001 | 1114 | 2001 |
Sex differences in the brain: the not so inconvenient truth MM McCarthy, AP Arnold, GF Ball, JD Blaustein, GJ De Vries Journal of Neuroscience 32 (7), 2241-2247, 2012 | 735 | 2012 |
Testosterone and aggression in birds JC Wingfield, GF Ball, AM Dufty, RE Hegner, M Ramenofsky American Scientist 75 (6), 602-608, 1987 | 600 | 1987 |
Is brain estradiol a hormone or a neurotransmitter? J Balthazart, GF Ball Trends in neurosciences 29 (5), 241-249, 2006 | 449 | 2006 |
New insights into the regulation and function of brain estrogen synthase (aromatase) J Balthazart, GF Ball Trends in neurosciences 21 (6), 243-249, 1998 | 354 | 1998 |
The role of sex steroids in the acquisition and production of birdsong P Marler, S Peters, GF Ball, AM Dufty Jr, JC Wingfield Nature 336 (6201), 770-772, 1988 | 292 | 1988 |
Sexual differentiation of brain and behavior in birds J Balthazart, GF Ball Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism 6 (1), 21-29, 1995 | 285 | 1995 |
Effects of testosterone on cell-mediated and humoral immunity in non-breeding adult European starlings DL Duffy, GE Bentley, DL Drazen, GF Ball Behavioral Ecology 11 (6), 654-662, 2000 | 281 | 2000 |
Immunocytochemical localization of androgen receptors in the male songbird and quail brain J Balthazart, A Foidart, EM Wilson, GF Ball Journal of Comparative Neurology 317 (4), 407-420, 1992 | 272 | 1992 |
Neuroendocrinology of song behavior and avian brain plasticity: multiple sites of action of sex steroid hormones GF Ball, LV Riters, J Balthazart Frontiers in neuroendocrinology 23 (2), 137-178, 2002 | 266 | 2002 |
Functional significance of the rapid regulation of brain estrogen action: where do the estrogens come from? CA Cornil, GF Ball, J Balthazart Brain research 1126 (1), 2-26, 2006 | 261 | 2006 |
Changes in plasma levels of luteinizing hormone and sex steroid hormones in relation to multiple-broodedness and nest-site density in male starlings GF Ball, JC Wingfield Physiological Zoology 60 (2), 191-199, 1987 | 250 | 1987 |
Testosterone and avian life histories: the effect of experimentally elevated testosterone on corticosterone and body mass in dark-eyed juncos ED Ketterson, V Nolan Jr, L Wolf, C Ziegenfus, AM Dufty Jr, GF Ball, ... Hormones and Behavior 25 (4), 489-503, 1991 | 235 | 1991 |
Topography in the preoptic region: differential regulation of appetitive and consummatory male sexual behaviors J Balthazart, GF Ball Frontiers in neuroendocrinology 28 (4), 161-178, 2007 | 229 | 2007 |
Sex differences in the response to environmental cues regulating seasonal reproduction in birds GF Ball, ED Ketterson Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363 …, 2008 | 225 | 2008 |
Hormonal regulation of brain circuits mediating male sexual behavior in birds GF Ball, J Balthazart Physiology & behavior 83 (2), 329-346, 2004 | 219 | 2004 |
Androgen receptor, estrogen receptor α, and estrogen Receptorβ show distinct patterns of expression in forebrain song control nuclei of european starlings DJ Bernard, GE Bentley, J Balthazart, FW Turek, GF Ball Endocrinology 140 (10), 4633-4643, 1999 | 215 | 1999 |