Key Publications from the Clayton Lab, by Topic
I. A Foundation for Songbird Molecular Genetics
II. The Genomic Action Potential
III. Song Circuit Development
IV. Reviews
I. A Foundation for Songbird Molecular Genetics
- Clayton, D.F., Huecas, M.E., Sinclair-Thompson, E.Y., Nastiuk, K. and Nottebohm, F. (1988). Probes for rare mRNAs reveal distributed cell subsets in canary brain. Neuron 1, 249-261.
- Clayton, D.F., and Alvarez-Buylla, A. (1989). In situ hybridization using PEG-embedded tissue and riboprobes: increased cellular detail coupled with high sensitivity. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 37, 389-393.
- Clayton, D.F., and Huecas, M.E. (1990). Forebrain-enriched RNAs of the canary: a population analysis using hybridization kinetics. Molecular Brain Research 7, 23-30.
- Collum, R.G., Clayton, D.F. and Alt, F.W. (1991). Structure and expression of canary myc family genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology 11, 1770-1776.
- George, J.M. and Clayton, D.F. (1992). Differential regulation in the avian song control circuit of an mRNA predicting a highly conserved protein related to protein kinase C and the bcr oncogene. Molecular Brain Research 12, 323-329.
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II. The Genomic Action Potential
- Mello, C., Vicario, D.S. and Clayton, D.F. (1992). Song presentation induces gene expression in the songbird forebrain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 89, 6818-6822.
- Mello, C.V. and Clayton, D.F. (1994). Song-induced ZENK gene expression in auditory pathways of songbird brain and its relation to the song control system. Journal of Neuroscience 14, 6652-6666.
- Nastiuk, K.L., Mello, C.V., George, J.M., and Clayton, D.F. (1994). Immediate-early gene responses in the avian song control system: cloning and expression analysis of the canary c-jun cDNA. Molecular Brain Research. 27, 299-309.
- Mello, C.V., and Clayton, D.F. (1995). Differential induction of the ZENK gene in the avian forebrain and song control circuit after metrazole-induced depolarization. Journal of Neurobiology 26, 145-161.
- Wallace, C.S., Withers, G.S., Weiler, I.J., George, J.M., Clayton, D.F., and Greenough W.T. (1995). Correspondence between sites of NGFI-A induction and sites of morphological plasticity following exposure to environmental complexity. Molecular Brain Research. 32, 211-220.
- Mello C.V., Nottebohm, F., and Clayton, D.F. (1995). Repeated exposure to one song leads to a rapid and persistent decline in an immediate early gene's response to that song in zebra finch telencephalon. Journal of Neuroscience 15, 6919-6925.
- Stripling R, Volman, S.F. and Clayton, D.F. (1997). Response modulation in zebra finch neostriatum: relationship to nuclear gene regulation. Journal of Neuroscience 17, 3883-3893.
- Jin, H. & Clayton, D.F. (1997). Localized changes in immediate early gene regulation during sensory and motor learning in zebra finches. Neuron 19, 1049-1059.
- Kruse, A.A. , Stripling, R., and Clayton, D.F. (2000). Minimal experience required for immediate-early gene induction in zebra finch neostriatum. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 74, 179-184.
- Clayton, D.F. (2000). The Genomic Action Potential. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 74:185-216. **REVIEW**
- Stripling, R., Kruse, A.A. and Clayton, D.F. (2001). Development of song responses in the zebra finch caudomedial neostriatum: Role of genomic and electrophysiological activities. Journal of Neurobiology 48, 163-180.
- Park, K., and Clayton, D.F. (2002). Influence of restraint and acute isolation on the selectivity of the adult zebra finch zenk gene response to acoustic stimuli. Behavioural Brain Research 136 (1), 185–191.
- Stripling, R., Milewski, L., Kruse, A.A. and Clayton, D.F. (2003). Rapidly learned song discrimination without behavioural reinforcement in adult male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 79, 41-50.
III. Song Circuit Development
- Nastiuk, K.L., and Clayton, D.F. (1994). Seasonal and tissue-specific regulation of canary androgen receptor mRNA. Endocrinology 134, 640-649.
- Nastiuk, K.L. and Clayton, D.F. (1995). The canary androgen receptor mRNA is localized in the song control nuclei of the brain and is rapidly regulated by testosterone. Journal of Neurobiology 26, 213-224.
- George, J.M., Jin, H., Woods, W.S., and Clayton, D.F. (1995). Characterization of a novel protein regulated during the critical period for song learning in the zebra finch. Neuron 15, 361-372.
- Jin, H. & Clayton, D.F. (1997). Synelfin regulation during the critical period for song learning in normal and isolated juvenile zebra finches. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 68, 271-284.
- Hartman, V.N., Miller, M.A., Clayton, D.F., Liu, W-C, Kroodsma, D.E., and Brenowitz, E.A. (2001) Testosterone regulates alpha-synuclein mRNA in the avian song system. Neuroreport, 12, 943-946.
- Holloway, C.C. and Clayton, D.F. (2001). Estrogen synthesis in the male brain triggers development of the zebra finch song control circuit in vitro. Nature Neuroscience 4, 170-175.
- Clayton D. F. (1997). The role of gene regulation in song circuit formation and song learning. Journal of Neurobiology 33, 549-571.
- Clayton, D.F. and George, J.M. (1998) The synucleins: a family of proteins involved in synaptic function, plasticity, neurodegeneration and disease. Trends in Neuroscience 21, 249-254.
- Clayton, D.F. and George, J.M. (1999). Synucleins in synaptic plasticity and neurodegenerative disorders. Journal of Neuroscience Research Special Issue: "Synaptic Signaling in Neuronal Plasticity and Apoptosis," 58, 120-129.
- Clayton, D.F. (2000). The Genomic Action Potential. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 74:185-216.
- Clayton, D.F. (2000). Neural basis of avian song learning and perception, in: Brain, Perception, Memory: Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience, ed. J. Bolhuis (Oxford Univ. Press). 113-126.
- Clayton, D.F. (2002). “A memoir on memory.” Cell 111 (4), 453-3.
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