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Volume 51 Number 4
Birds as Animal Models in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences
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305 Introduction: Contributions of Bird Studies to Behavioral and Neurobiological Research
Marc F. Schmidt
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310 Japanese Quail as a Model System for Studying the Neuroendocrine Control of Reproductive and Social Behaviors
Gregory F. Ball and Jacques Balthazart
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326 The Role of Hair Cell Regeneration in an Avian Model of Inner Ear Injury and Repair from Acoustic Trauma
James C. Saunders
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338 Auditory Processing, Plasticity, and Learning in the Barn Owl
Jose L. Pena and William M. DeBello
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353 Applications of Avian Transgenesis
Benjamin B. Scott, Tarciso A. Velho, Shuyin Sim, and Carlos Lois
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362The Songbird as a Model for the Generation and Learning of Complex Sequential Behaviors
Michale S. Fee and Constance Scharff
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378Sleep, Learning, and Birdsong
Daniel Margoliash
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387A Social Ethological Perspective Applied to Care of and Research on Songbirds
David J. White
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394The Use of Passerine Bird Species in Laboratory Research: Implications of Basic Biology for Husbandry and Welfare
Melissa Bateson and Gesa Feenders
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409Guidelines and Ethical Considerations for Housing and Management of Psittacine Birds Used in Research
Isabelle D. Kalmar, Geert P.J. Janssens, and Christel P.H. Moons
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424An IACUC Perspective on Songbirds and Their Use in Neurobiological Research
Marc F. Schmidt
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431 Thanks to Institutional Supporters
432 Thanks to Reviewers of Volume 51
434 Volume 51 Author Index
435 Volume 51 Subject Index
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