Publications and communications of Charlotte Cornil

Lomet, D., Robert, V., Decourt, C., Derouin-Tochon, F., Hommet, E., Hellier, V., Poissenot, K., Georgelin, M., Aucagne, V., Vandries, L., Terwagne, Q., Cornil, C., & Beltramo, M. (March 2026). Progestogen priming is not essential to trigger ovulation in seasonal anoestrus ewes injected twice with a synthetic kisspeptin analogue. Animal, 20 (3), 101779. doi:10.1016/j.animal.2026.101779

Court, L., Talbottier, L., Lemarchand, J., Cornilleau, F., Pecnard, E., Blache, M.-C., Balthazart, J., Cornil, C., Keller, M., Calandreau, L., & Pellissier, L. (09 October 2024). Exploring neuronal markers and early social environment influence in divergent quail lines selected for social motivation. Scientific Reports, 14 (1), 23554. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-74906-3

Faure, M., Corona, R., Roomans, C., Lenfant, F., Foidart, J.-M., & Cornil, C. (2024). Role of membrane estrogen receptor alpha on the positive feedback of estrogens on Kisspeptin and GnRH neurons. eNeuro, 0271-23.2024. doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0271-23.2024

Svingen, T., Andersson, A.-M., Angelova, J., Axelstad, M., Bakker, J., Baumann, L., Beronius, A., Bouftas, N., Chalmel, F., Christiansen, S., Cornil, C., Damdimopoulou, P., Deepika, D., Dollé, M. E. T., Draskau, M. K., Fischer, M. B., Hagen, C. P., Hessel, E., Holmer, M. L., ... van Duursen, M. (2024). Enhanced identification of endocrine disruptors through integration of science-based regulatory practices and innovative methodologies: The MERLON Project. Open Research Europe, 4, 68. doi:10.12688/openreseurope.17319.1

Dos Santos, E. B., Ball, G. F., Logue, D. M., Cornil, C., & Balthazart, J. (01 August 2023). Sex differences in song syntax and syllable diversity in testosterone-induced songs of adult male and female canaries. Biology of Sex Differences, 14 (1), 49. doi:10.1186/s13293-023-00533-8

Chiver, I., Dos Santos, E. B., Valle, S., LALLEMAND, F., Cornil, C., Ball, G. F., & Balthazart, J. (02 June 2023). Effects of the depletion of neural progenitors by focal X-ray irradiation on song production and perception in canaries. Scientific Reports, 13 (1), 9010. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-36089-1

Court, L., Balthazart, J., Ball, G. F., & Cornil, C. (2022). Role of aromatase in distinct brain nuclei of the social behavior network in the expression of sexual behavior in male Japanese quail. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, 13127.

Cornez, G., Valle, S., Barros Dos Santos, E., Chiver, I., Muller, W., Ball, G., Cornil, C., & Balthazart, J. (27 August 2021). Perineuronal nets in HVC and plasticity in male canary song. PLoS ONE, 16 (8), 0252560. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0252560

de Bournonville, M.-P., de Bournonville, C., Vandries, L., Nys, G., Fillet, M., Ball, G., Balthazart, J., & Cornil, C. (2021). Rapid changes in brain estrogen concentration during male sexual behavior are site and stimulus specific. Scientific Reports, 11 (1), 20130. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-99497-1

Diddens, J., Coussement, L., Frankl-Vilches, C., Majumbar, G., Steyaert, S., Ter Haar, S., Galle, J., De Meester, E., De Keulenaer, S., Van Criekinge, W., Cornil, C., Balthazart, J., Van Der Linden, A., De Meyer, T., & Vanden Berghe, W. (2021). DNA Methylation Regulates Transcription Factor-Specific Neurodevelopmental but Not Sexually Dimorphic Gene Expression Dynamics in Zebra Finch Telencephalon. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, 583555. doi:10.3389/fcell.2021.583555

Cornez, G., Collignon, C., Müller, W., Cornil, C., Ball, G. F., & Balthazart, J. (2020). Development of perineuronal nets during ontogeny correlates with sensorimotor vocal learning in canaries. eNeuro, 7 (2), 0361-19.2020. doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0361-19.2020

Liere, P., Cornil, C., de Bournonville, M.-P., Pianos, A., Keller, M., Schumacher, M., & Balthazart, J. (2019). Steroid profiles in quail brain and serum: sex and regional differences and effects of castration with steroid replacement. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 31 (2), 12681. doi:10.1111/jne.12681

Vandries, L., Ghorbanpoor, S., Cornez, G., Shevchouk, O., Ball, G., Cornil, C., & Balthazart, J. (2019). Testosterone or estradiol when implanted in the medial preoptic nucleus trigger short low-amplitude songs in female canaries. eNeuro, 6 (2), 0502-18.2019. doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0502-18.2019

Bakker, J., Balthazart, J., Baron, F., Beguin, Y., Bettendorff, L., Blanpain, C., Bureau, F., Caers, J., Cani, P., Cataldo, D., Cornil, C., Clercx, C., Cloots, R., Colige, A., Daube, G., De Backer, O., de Kerchove d'Exaerde, A., Desmecht, D., Desmet, C., ... Wittamer, V. (2018). La souris, le patient, et le faux expert. Décryptage d'une mystification. Le Vif. L'Express.

de Bournonville, M.-P., de Bournonville, C., Ball, G., Balthazart, J., & Cornil, C. (2017). Changes in preoptic estradiol concentrations during male sexual behavior. Frontiers in Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/conf.fnins.2017.94.00014

Delage, C., Nys, G., Fillet, M., & Cornil, C. (2017). Potential role of microglia and prostaglandins in the sexual differentiation of brain and behavior of Japanese quail. Frontiers in Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/conf.fnins.2017.94.00103

Gennotte, V., Akonkwa, B., Mélard, C., Denoël, M., Cornil, C., & Rougeot, C. (2017). Do sex reversal procedures differentially affect agonistic behaviors and sex steroid levels depending on the sexual genotype in Nile tilapia? Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 327 (4), 153-162. doi:10.1002/jez.2080

Hamaide, J., De Groof, G., Van Steenkiste, G., Jeurissen, B., Van Audekerke, J., Naeyaert, M., Van Ruijssevelt, L., Cornil, C., Sijbers, J., Verhoye, M., & Van der Linden, A. (2017). Exploring sex differences in the adult zebra finch brain: in vivo diffusion tensor imaging and ex vivo super-resolution track density imaging. NeuroImage, 146, 789-803. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.09.067

Shevchouk, O., Ball, G. F., Cornil, C., & Balthazart, J. (2017). Studies of HVC Plasticity in Adult Canaries Reveal Social Effects and Sex Differences as Well as Limitations of Multiple Markers Available to Assess Adult Neurogenesis. PLoS ONE, 12 (1), 0170938. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170938

Alward, B. A., de Bournonville, C., Chan, T. T., Balthazart, J., Cornil, C., & Ball, G. F. (2016). Aromatase inhibition rapidly affects in a reversible manner distinct features of birdsong. Scientific Reports, 32344. doi:10.1038/srep32344

Charlier, T. D., Cornil, C., Patte-Mensah, C., Meyer, L., Mensah-Nyagan, A. G., & Balthazart, J. (2015). Local modulation of steroid action: rapid control of enzymatic activity. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 9, 83. doi:10.3389/fnins.2015.00083

Cornez, G., Ter Haar, S. M., Cornil, C., & Balthazart, J. (2015). Anatomically discrete sex differences in neuroplasticity in zebra finches as reflected by perineuronal nets. PLoS ONE, 10 (4), 0123199. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123199

Cornil, C. (2014). Sex in the brain. International Innovation, 157, 100-102.

Gennotte, V., Balagizi, D. A., Mélard, C., Denoël, M., Ylieff, M., Cornil, C., & Rougeot, C. (2014). Influence of sexual genotype on agonistic behaviors and sex steroid levels of phenotypic males and females in the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) [Poster presentation]. 8Th International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Liège, Belgium.

Charlier, T., Cornil, C., & Balthazart, J. (2013). RAPID MODULATION OF AROMATASE ACTIVITY IN THE VERTEBRATE BRAIN. Journal of Experimental Neuroscience.

Cornil, C., Leung, C. H., Pletcher, E. R., Naranjo, K. C., Blauman, S. J., & Saldanha, C. J. (2012). Acute and Specific Modulation of Presynaptic Aromatization in the Vertebrate Brain. Endocrinology, 153 (6), 2562-7. doi:10.1210/en.2011-2159

Balthazart, J., Charlier, T., Cornil, C., Dickens, M., Harada, N., Konkle, A., Voigt, C., & Ball, G. (September 2011). Sex differences in brain aromatase activity: genomic and non-genomic controls. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2, 34. doi:10.3389/fendo.2011.00034

Cornil, C., Ball, G. F., Balthazart, J., & Charlier, T. (2011). Organizing effects of sex steroids on brain aromatase activity in quail. PLoS ONE, 6 (4), 19196. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019196

Dickens, M. J., Cornil, C., & Balthazart, J. (2011). Acute Stress Differentially Affects Aromatase Activity in Specific Brain Nuclei of Adult Male and Female Quail. Endocrinology, 52 (11), 4242-51. doi:10.1210/en.2011-1341