Publications of Leonida Fusani

Fuxjager, M. J.; Fusani, L.; Goller, F.; Trost, L.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.; Chiver, I.; Ligon, R. M.; Chew, J.; Schlinger, B. A.: Neuromuscular mechanisms of an elaborate wing display in the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). The Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (24), pp. 4681 - 4688 (2017)

Goymann, W.; Lupi, S.; Kaiya, H.; Cardinale, M.; Fusani, L.: Ghrelin affects stopover decisions and food intake in a long-distance migrant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (8), pp. 1946 - 1951 (2017)

Lupi, S.; Maggini, I.; Goymann, W.; Cardinale, M.; Rojas Mora, A.; Fusani, L.: Effects of body condition and food intake on stop-over decisions in Garden Warblers and European Robins during spring migration. Journal of Ornithology 158 (4), pp. 989 - 999 (2017)

Lupi, S.; Goymann, W.; Cardinale, M.; Fusani, L.: Physiological conditions influence stopover behaviour of short-distance migratory passerines. Journal of Ornithology 157 (2), pp. 583 - 589 (2016)

Fusani, L.; Gahr, M.: Differential expression of melatonin receptor subtypes MelIa, MelIb and MelIc in relation to melatonin binding in the male songbird brain. Brain, behavior and evolution: Official journal of the J. B. Johnston Club 85 (1), pp. 4 - 14 (2015)

Skrip, M. M.; Bauchinger, U.; Goymann, W.; Fusani, L.; Cardinale, M.; Alan, R. R.; McWilliams, S. R.: Migrating songbirds on stopover prepare for, and recover from, oxidative challenges posed by long-distance flight. Ecology and Evolution 5 (15), pp. 3198 - 3209 (2015)

Skrip, M. M.; Bauchinger, U.; Goymann, W.; Fusani, L.; McWilliams, S. R.: Access to water affects the condition dependency of nocturnal restlessness in Garden Warblers on a Mediterranean island stopover. Journal of Ornithology 156 (Suppl. 1), pp. 425 - 432 (2015)

Fusani, L.; Coccon, F.; Rojas Mora, A.; Goymann, W.: Melatonin reduces migratory restlessness in Sylvia warblers during autumnal migration. Frontiers in Zoology 10, 79 (2013)

Fuxjager, M. J.; Schultz, J. D.; Barske, J.; Feng, N. Y.; Fusani, L.; Mirzatoni, A.; Day, L. B.; Hau, M.; Schlinger, B. A.: Spinal motor and sensory neurons are androgen targets in an acrobatic bird. Endocrinology 153 (8), pp. 3780 - 3791 (2012)

Fusani, L.; Cardinale, M.; Schwabl, I.; Goymann, W.: Food availability but not melatonin affects nocturnal restlessness in a wild migrating passerine. Hormones and Behavior 59 (1), pp. 187 - 192 (2011)

Marasco, V.; Fusani, L.; Dessi-Fulgheri, F.; Canoine, V.: Non-migratory stonechats show seasonal changes in the hormonal regulation of non-seasonal territorial aggression. Hormones and Behavior 60 (4), pp. 414 - 419 (2011)

Goymann, W.; Spina, F.; Ferri, A.; Fusani, L.: Body fat influences departure from stopover sites in migratory birds: Evidence from whole-island telemetry. Biology Letters 6 (4), pp. 478 - 481 (2010)

Soares, M. C.; Bshary, R.; Fusani, L.; Goymann, W.; Hau, M.; Hirschenhauser, K.; Oliveira, R. F.: Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 365 (1553), pp. 2737 - 2750 (2010)

Fusani, L.; Cardinale, M.; Carere, C.; Goymann, W.: Stopover decision during migration: Physiological conditions predict nocturnal restlessness in wild passerines. Biology Letters 5 (3), pp. 302 - 305 (2009)

Silverin, B.; Gwinner, E.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Schwabl, I.; Fusani, L.; Hau, M.; Helm, B.: Persistent diel melatonin rhythmicity during the Arctic summer in free-living willow warblers. Hormones and Behavior 56 (1), pp. 163 - 168 (2009)

Goymann, W.; Trappschuh, M.; Fusani, L.: A gentler method to raise melatonin levels in birds. Journal of Biological Rhythms 23 (3), pp. 274 - 277 (2008)

Canoine, V.; Fusani, L.; Schlinger, B. A.; Hau, M.: Low sex steroids, high steroid receptors: Increasing the sensitivity of the nonreproductive brain. Developmental Neurobiology 67 (1), pp. 57 - 67 (2007)

Fusani, L.; Gahr, M.: Hormonal influence on song structure and organization: The role of estrogen. Neuroscience 138 (3), pp. 939 - 946 (2006)

Fusani, L.; Canoine, V.; Goymann, W.; Wikelski, M.; Hau, M.: Difficulties and special issues associated with field research in behavioral neuroendocrinology. Hormones and Behavior 48 (4), pp. 484 - 491 (2005)

Fusani, L.; Gwinner, E.: Melatonin and nocturnal migration. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046, pp. 264 - 270 (2005)

Jansen, R. F.; Metzdorf, R.; van der Roest, M.; Fusani, L.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Melatonin affects the temporal organization of the song of the zebra finch. The FASEB Journal 19, pp. 848 - 850 (2005)

Fusani, L.; Gwinner, E.: Simulation of migratory flight and stopover affects night levels of melatonin in a nocturnal migrant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 271 (1535), pp. 205 - 211 (2004)

Fusani, L.; Hutchison, J. B.: Lack of changes in the courtship behaviour of male ring doves after testosterone treatment. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 15 (2), pp. 143 - 157 (2003)

Fusani, L.; Metzdorf, R.; Hutchison, J. B.; Gahr, M.: Aromatase inhibition affects testosterone-induced masculinization of song and the neural song system in female canaries. Journal of Neurobiology 54 (2), pp. 370 - 379 (2003)

Fusani, L.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Hutchison, J. B.: Season-related changes in circulating androgen, brain aromatase, and perch-calling in male ring doves. General and Comparative Endocrinology 130 (2), pp. 142 - 147 (2003)

Gahr, M.; Leitner, S.; Fusani, L.; Rybak, F.: What is the adaptive role of neurogenesis in adult birds? Progress in Brain Research 138, pp. 233 - 254 (2002)

Gahr, M.; Rybak, F.; Leitner, S.; Fusani, L.: Androgen and estrogen receptor expression in relation to developmental and adult plasticity in the vocal control system. The FASEB Journal 16, p. A728 - A728 (2002)

Fusani, L.; Gahr, M.; Hutchison, J. B.: Aromatase inhibition reduces specifically one display of the ring dove courtship behavior. General and Comparative Endocrinology 122 (1), pp. 23 - 30 (2001)

Fusani, L.; Hutchison, J. B.; Gahr, M.: Testosterone regulates the activity and expression of telencephalic aromatase in female canaries. Journal of Neurobiology 49 (1), pp. 1 - 8 (2001)

Fusani, L.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Hutchison, J. B.; Gahr, M.: Seasonal expression of androgen receptors, estrogen receptors, and aromatase in the canary brain in relation to circulating androgens and estrogens. Journal of Neurobiology 43 (3), pp. 254 - 268 (2000)

Metzdorf, R.; Gahr, M.; Fusani, L.: Distribution of aromatase, estrogen receptor, and androgen receptor mRNA in the forebrain of songbirds and non-songbirds. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 407 (1), pp. 115 - 129 (1999)

Fusani, L.; Gwinner, E.: Reduced amplitude of melatonin secretion during migration in the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). In: Perspective in comparative endocrinology: Unity and diversity, pp. 295 - 300 (Eds. Goos, H. J. T.; Rastogi, R. K.; Vaudry, H.; Pierantoni, R.). Monduzzi editore, Bologna (2001)