Testosterone implants alter the frequency range of zebra finch songs.

Abstract:

:To investigate whether changes in testosterone alter the frequency range in which a zebra finch produces song, we assigned male zebra finches to two groups, one of which received testosterone implants and the other empty silastic capsule implants. We then recorded songs up to 52 weeks after the surgery and measured frequency changes in the fundamental frequencies of arbitrarily chosen harmonic stacks in the songs of birds in either group. We found statistically significant decreases after 5 weeks in the songs of the testosterone-treated birds. No changes were found in the fundamental frequencies of the control group. The frequency change remained after the apparent effects of the testosterone implants ended. These data show that high levels of testosterone can lower the frequencies of elements in zebra finch songs.

journal_name

Horm Behav

journal_title

Hormones and behavior

authors

Cynx J,Bean NJ,Rossman I

doi

10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.018

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-04-01 00:00:00

pages

446-51

issue

4

eissn

0018-506X

issn

1095-6867

pii

S0018-506X(04)00261-2

journal_volume

47

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