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Reproductive Physiology and Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

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MacDougall-Shackleton S.A., Deviche P., Crain R.D., Ball G.F., and Hahn T.P. (2002) Seasonal changes in brain GnRH immunoreactivity and song-control nuclei volumes in an opportunistically breeding songbird. Brain, Behav. Evol. 58: 38-48. Read this article.

Deviche P. and Sharp P.J. (2001) Reproductive endocrinology of a free-living, opportunistically breeding passerine (White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 123: 268-279. Read this article.

Deviche P. and Small T. (2001). Photoperiodic control of seasonal reproduction: neuroendocrine mechanisms and adaptations. In Avian Endocrinology (Eds. A. Dawson and C.M. Chaturvedi). Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India, 113-128. Read this article.

Deviche P., Breuner C., and Orchinik M. (2001). Testosterone, corticosterone, and photoperiod interact to regulate plasma levels of binding globulin and of free steroid hormone in Dark-eyed Juncos, Junco hyemalis. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 122: 67-77. Read this article.

Deviche P., Wingfield J.C., and Sharp P.J. (2000) Year-class differences in the reproductive system, plasma prolactin and corticosterone concentrations, and onset of prebasic molt in male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) during the breeding period. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 118: 425-435. Read this article.

Deviche P. (2000) Timing, pattern, and extent of first prebasic molt of White-winged Crossbills in Alaska. J. Field Ornithol. 71: 217-226. Read this article.

Deviche P., Saldanha C.J., and Silver R. (2000) Changes in brain gonadotropin releasing hormone- and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity accompanying re-establishment of photosensitivity in male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 117: 8-19. Read this article.

Panzica G.C., Plumari L., Garcia-Ojeda E., and Deviche P. (1999) Central vasotocin-immunoreactive system in a male passerine bird (Junco hyemalis). J. Comp. Neurol. 409: 105-117. Read this article.

Deviche P. (1997) Seasonal reproductive pattern of White-winged Crossbills in interior Alaska. J. Field Ornithol.

    68: 613-621. Read this article.

Hahn T.P., Wingfield J.C., Mullen R. and Deviche P. (1995) Endocrine bases of spatial and temporal opportunism in arctic-breeding birds. Amer. Zool. 35: 259-273.

Saldanha C.J., Deviche P.J., and Silver R. (1994) Increased VIP and decreased GnRH expression in photorefractory dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 93: 128-136. Read this article.

Dloniak S.M. and Deviche P. (2001) Effects of testosterone and photoperiodic condition on song production and vocal control region volumes in adult male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis). Horm. Behav. 39: 95-105. Read this article.

Deviche P. and Gulledge C.C. (2000) Vocal control region sizes of an adult female passerine songbird change seasonally in the absence of detectable circulating testosterone. J. Neurobiol. 42: 202-211. Read this article.

Gulledge C.C. and Deviche P. (1999) Age and sex-related differences in opioid receptor densities in the songbird vocal control system. J. Comp. Neurol. 404: 505-514.

Gulledge C.C. and Deviche P. (1999) Age and sex-related differences in opioid receptor densities in the songbird vocal control system. J. Comp. Neurol. 404: 505-514.

Gulledge C.C. and Deviche P. (1998) Photoperiod and testosterone independently affect vocal control region volumes in adolescent male songbirds. J. Neurobiol. 36: 550-558. Read this article.

Gulledge C.C. and Deviche P. (1997) Androgen control of vocal control region volumes in a wild, migratory songbird (Junco hyemalis) is region- and possible age-dependent. J. Neurobiol. 32: 391-402. Read this article.

Gulledge C.C. and Deviche P. (1994): Autoradiographic localization of opioid receptors in vocal control regions of a male passerine bird (Junco hyemalis). J. Comp. Neurol. 356: 408-417.

Deviche, P., Greiner E.C., and Manteca, X. (2001) Seasonal and age-related changes in blood parasite prevalence in Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis, Aves, Passeriformes). J. Exper. Zool. 289: 456-466. Read this article.

Deviche P., Greiner E.C., and Manteca X. (2001) Interspecific variability of prevalence in blood parasites of adult passerine birds during the breeding season in Alaska. J. Wildlife Diseases 37: 28-35. Read this article.

Deviche P. (1997) Affinity of naloxone and its quaternary analogue for avian central d and m opioid receptors. Brain Res. 757: 276-279. Read this article.

Ebbesson L.O.E., Deviche P., and Ebbesson S.O.E. (1996) Distribution and changes in mu- and kappa-opiate receptors during the midlife neurodevelopmental period of Coho salmon, Onchorhynchus kisutch. J. Comp. Neurol. 366: 448-464.

Deviche P. (1995) Androgen regulation of avian premigratory hyperphagia and fattening: From eco-physiology to neuroendocrinology. Amer. Zool. 35: 234-245.

Wingfield J.C., Deviche P., Sharbaugh S., Astheimer L.B., Holberton R., Suydam R. and Hunt K. (1994) Seasonal changes of the adrenocortical responses to stress in redpolls, Acanthis flammea, in Alaska. J. Exper. Zool. 270: 372-380.

Deviche P., Cotter P. and Gulledge C.C. (1993) Identification, partial characterization, and hypothalamic distribution of k, m, and d opioid receptors in a passerine songbird (Junco hyemalis). Brain Res. 614: 220-226.

 Dores R.M., McDonald L.K., Goldsmith A., Deviche P. and Rubin D.A. (1993) The phylogeny of enkephalins: speculations on the origins of opioid precursors. Cell Physiol. Biochem. 3: 231-244.

Deviche P. (1992) Testosterone and opioids interact to regulate feeding in a male migratory songbird. Horm.

    Behav. 26: 394-405.