Publications and communications of Jacques Balthazart

Burniat, A., Noël, A., Colige, A., Vanderplasschen, A., de Kerchove d'Exaerde, A., Kupper Cardozo, A., Van Keymeulen, A., Moens, A., Bondue, A., Herpain, A., Marchant, A., Loumaye, A., Beck, B., Van den Heyden, B., Corvilain, B., Lakaye, B., Rogister, B., Malgrange, B., Michiels, C., ... Brunko, E. (2023). Cent scientifiques répliquent à SEA (Suppression des Expériences sur l’Animal vivant) et dénoncent sa désinformation. La Libre Belgique.

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.

Muraille, E., De Kerchove d'Exaerde, A., Drion, P., Vanderplasschen, A., Lambermont, B., Rogister, B., Muylkens, B., Vassart, G., Balthazart, J., Pillot, J., Pastushenko, L., Moutschen, M., LEONARD, P., Naccache, P., Costagliola, S., & Guerin, S. (2021). "Opter pour l'obligation vaccinale est un choix de société". Le Vif. L'Express.

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

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

Balthazart, J., Blanpain, C., Bureau, F., Cani, P., Chariot, A., Drion, P., Engel, V., Hanson, J., de Kerchove d'Exaerde, A., Malgrange, B., Muraille, E., Nguyen, L., Servais, O., Seutin, V., & Tissir, F. (2019). L’expérimentation animale : toujours une nécessité pour la santé animale et humaine. Le Soir.

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

Muraille, E., de kerchove, A., Muylkens, B., Malgrange, B., Nicaise, C., Léna, C., Gueydan, C., Andris, F., Bureau, F., Tissir, F., Gofflot, F., Vassart, G., Balthazart, J., Vandeweerd, J.-M., Bakker, J., Duqué, J., Laurence, R., Nguyen, L., Schetgen, M., ... De Tiège, X. (2018). Expérimentation animale: la recette d'une polémique scientifique. La Libre Belgique.

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.

Drion, P., Corhay, A., Haubruge, E., Cloots, R., Rentier, B., Balthazart, J., RADERMECKER, R., Bureau, F., DEFRAIGNE, J., Malgrange, B., Nguyen, L., Desmecht, D., Bakker, J., Vanderplasschen, A., Seutin, V., Noël, A., & Foidart, J.-M. (2018). Analyse détaillée de la seconde version de l’avant-projet de Code du bien-être animal wallon. Lecture commentée au 21/03/2018 du Chapitre 8 (Expérimentation animale).

Amorim, C., Andris, F., Arckens, L., Arnould, T., Aron, S., Bakker, J., Balligand, M., Balthazart, J., Baron, F., Beck, B., Beguin, Y., Behets, C., Bellefroid, E., Bertrand, L., Bettendorff, L., Bindels, L., Blankert, B., Blanpain, C., Bondue, A., ... Wittamer, V. (2017). L’expérimentation animale reste indispensable (OPINION). La Libre Belgique.

Drion, P., Seutin, V., Balthazart, J., RADERMECKER, R., Corhay, A., Haubruge, E., Cloots, R., & Rentier, B. (2017). Avant-projet de décret relatif au Code wallon du Bien-être des animaux Lecture commentée au 04 juillet 2017 des chap. 4, 8, 11.

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

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

Barker, J. M., Charlier, T. D., Ball, G. F., & Balthazart, J. (2013). A new method for in vitro detection of bromodeoxyuridine in serum: a proof of concept in a songbird species, the canary. PLoS ONE, 8 (5), 63692. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063692

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

Poirier, C., Boumans, T., Vellema, M., De Groof, G., Charlier, T., Verhoye, M., Van der Linden, A., & Balthazart, J. (2011). Own song selectivity in the songbird auditory pathway: Suppression by norepinephrine. PLoS ONE, 6 (5), 20131. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020131

Seredynski, A., Ball, G. F., Balthazart, J., & Charlier, T. (2011). Specific activation of estrogen recepto alpha and beta enhances male sexual behavior and neuroplasticity in male Japanese quail. PLoS ONE, 6 (4), 18627. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018627

Taziaux, M., Keller, M., Balthazart, J., & Bakker, J. (2011). Rapid activation of phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinase after sexual stimulation in male mice. Neuroreport, 22 (6), 294-8. doi:10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283460f35

Poirier, C., Boumans, T., Verhoye, M., Balthazart, J., & Van der Linden, A. (2009). Own-song recognition in the songbird auditory pathway: selectivity and lateralization. Journal of Neuroscience, 29 (7), 2252-8. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4650-08.2009

Balthazart, J., Boseret, G., Konkle, A. T., Hurley, L. L., & Ball, G. F. (February 2008). Doublecortin as a Marker of Adult Neuroplasticity in the Canary Song Control Nucleus Hvc. European Journal of Neuroscience, 27 (4), 801-17. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06059.x

Balthazart, J., Devos, F., Dohet, A., Froidart, A., Hugla, J.-L., Radermaker, F., & Schumacher, M. (1986). The induction of aromatase and sexual behaviour by testosterone in male and female japanese quail: a dose-response study. IRCS Medical Science, 14, 1188 - 1189.

Schumacher, M., & Balthazart, J. (1983). Effects of castration on postnatal differentiation in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). IRCS Medical Science, 11, 102 - 103.

Balthazart, J., & Hirschberg, D. (1982). Effect of several androgens on testosterone metabolism in the brain and crest of male chicks. IRCS Medical Science, 10, 377 - 378.