| Role of intracellular calcium in NI-35-evoked collapse of neuronal growth cones CE Bandtlow, MF Schmidt, TD Hassinger, ME Schwab, SB Kater Science 259 (5091), 80-83, 1993 | 367 | 1993 |
| Sustained increase in intracellular calcium promotes neuronal survival F Collins, MF Schmidt, PB Guthrie, SB Kater Journal of Neuroscience 11 (8), 2582-2587, 1991 | 248 | 1991 |
| Gating of auditory responses in the vocal control system of awake songbirds MF Schmidt, M Konishi Nature neuroscience 1 (6), 513-518, 1998 | 231 | 1998 |
| Laminin and fibronectin guideposts signal sustained but opposite effects to passing growth cones TB Kuhn, MF Schmidt, SB Kater Neuron 14 (2), 275-285, 1995 | 173 | 1995 |
| Brainstem and forebrain contributions to the generation of learned motor behaviors for song RC Ashmore, JM Wild, MF Schmidt Journal of Neuroscience 25 (37), 8543-8554, 2005 | 160 | 2005 |
| Song system auditory responses are stable and highly tuned during sedation, rapidly modulated and unselective during wakefulness, and suppressed by arousal JA Cardin, MF Schmidt Journal of neurophysiology 90 (5), 2884-2899, 2003 | 137 | 2003 |
| Auditory responses in multiple sensorimotor song system nuclei are co-modulated by behavioral state JA Cardin, MF Schmidt Journal of neurophysiology 91 (5), 2148-2163, 2004 | 127 | 2004 |
| Noradrenergic inputs mediate state dependence of auditory responses in the avian song system JA Cardin, MF Schmidt Journal of Neuroscience 24 (35), 7745-7753, 2004 | 122 | 2004 |
| Pattern of interhemispheric synchronization in HVc during singing correlates with key transitions in the song pattern MF Schmidt Journal of neurophysiology 90 (6), 3931-3949, 2003 | 121 | 2003 |
| Sensorimotor nucleus NIf is necessary for auditory processing but not vocal motor output in the avian song system JA Cardin, JN Raksin, MF Schmidt Journal of neurophysiology 93 (4), 2157-2166, 2005 | 100 | 2005 |
| The respiratory-vocal system of songbirds: anatomy, physiology, and neural control MF Schmidt, JM Wild Progress in brain research 212, 297-335, 2014 | 82 | 2014 |
| Sleep, off-line processing, and vocal learning D Margoliash, MF Schmidt Brain and language 115 (1), 45-58, 2010 | 82 | 2010 |
| Bottom-up activation of the vocal motor forebrain by the respiratory brainstem RC Ashmore, JA Renk, MF Schmidt Journal of Neuroscience 28 (10), 2613-2623, 2008 | 81 | 2008 |
| Bilateral control and interhemispheric coordination in the avian song motor system MF Schmidt, RC Ashmore, ET Vu Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1016 (1), 171-186, 2004 | 78 | 2004 |
| What birdsong can teach us about the central noradrenergic system CB Castelino, MF Schmidt Journal of chemical neuroanatomy 39 (2), 96-111, 2010 | 75 | 2010 |
| Interhemispheric coordination of premotor neural activity during singing in adult zebra finches ET Vu, MF Schmidt, ME Mazurek Journal of Neuroscience 18 (21), 9088-9098, 1998 | 69 | 1998 |
| Slow synaptic inhibition mediated by metabotropic glutamate receptor activation of GIRK channels P Dutar, JJ Petrozzino, HM Vu, MF Schmidt, DJ Perkel Journal of neurophysiology 84 (5), 2284-2290, 2000 | 66 | 2000 |
| At the interface of the auditory and vocal motor systems: NIf and its role in vocal processing, production and learning B Lewandowski, A Vyssotski, RHR Hahnloser, M Schmidt Journal of Physiology-Paris 107 (3), 178-192, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
| Hemispheric coordination is necessary for song production in adult birds: implications for a dual role for forebrain nuclei in vocal motor control RC Ashmore, M Bourjaily, MF Schmidt Journal of neurophysiology 99 (1), 373-385, 2008 | 49 | 2008 |
| Slow synaptic inhibition in nucleus HVc of the adult zebra finch MF Schmidt, DJ Perkel Journal of Neuroscience 18 (3), 895-904, 1998 | 49 | 1998 |
