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Unbalanced synaptic inhibition can create intensity-tuned auditory cortex neurons by Tan, A.Y.Y, Atencio, C.A, Polley, D.B, Merzenich, M.M, Schreiner, C.E

“…Abstract Intensity-tuned auditory cortex neurons have spike rates that are nonmonotonic functions of sound intensity: their spike rate initially increases and…”
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Emergent categorical representation of natural, complex sounds resulting from the early post-natal sound environment by Bao, S, Chang, E.F, Teng, C.-L, Heiser, M.A, Merzenich, M.M

“…Highlights • Early exposure to naturalistic complex sounds shapes refined STRFs. • Early experience shapes sparse representation of natural sounds. • Exposure…”
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Influences of un-modulated acoustic inputs on functional maturation and critical-period plasticity of the primary auditory cortex by Zhou, X, Nagarajan, N, Mossop, B.J, Merzenich, M.M

“…Abstract Sensory experiences contribute to the development and specialization of signal processing capacities in the mammalian auditory system during a…”
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Effects of sensorimotor restriction and anoxia on gait and motor cortex organization: Implications for a rodent model of cerebral palsy by Strata, F., Coq, J.-O., Byl, N., Merzenich, M.M.

“…Chronic or acute perinatal asphyxia (PA) has been correlated with the subsequent development of cerebral palsy (CP), a developmental neurological disorder…”
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Strategies to improve electrode positioning and safety in cochlear implants by Rebscher, S.J., Heilmann, M., Bruszewski, W., Talbot, N.H., Snyder, R.L., Merzenich, M.M.

“…An injection-molded internal supporting rib has been produced to control the flexibility of silicone rubber encapsulated electrodes designed to electrically…”
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Topographic reorganization of somatosensory cortical areas 3b and 1 in adult monkeys following restricted deafferentation by Merzenich, M M, Kaas, J H, Wall, J, Nelson, R J, Sur, M, Felleman, D

“…Two to nine months after the median nerve was transected and ligated in adult owl and squirrel monkeys, the cortical sectors representing it within skin…”
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Developmentally degraded cortical temporal processing restored by training by Zhou, X, Merzenich, M.M

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Progression of change following median nerve section in the cortical representation of the hand in areas 3b and 1 in adult owl and squirrel monkeys by Merzenich, M M, Kaas, J H, Wall, J T, Sur, M, Nelson, R J, Felleman, D J

“…In an earlier study (Neuroscience 8, 33-55, 1983), we found that the cortex representing the skin of the median nerve within parietal somatosensory fields 3b…”
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Perinatal exposure to a noncoplanar polychlorinated biphenyl alters tonotopy, receptive fields, and plasticity in rat primary auditory cortex by Kenet, T, Froemke, R.C, Schreiner, C.E, Pessah, I.N, Merzenich, M.M

“…Noncoplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are widely dispersed in human environment and tissues. Here, an exemplar noncoplanar PCB was fed to rat dams…”
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Adaptive mechanisms in cortical networks underlying cortical contributions to learning and nondeclarative memory by Merzenich, M M, Recanzone, G H, Jenkins, W M, Grajski, K A

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Covariation of latency and temporal resolution in the inferior colliculus of the cat by Langner, G, Schreiner, C, Merzenich, M M

“…Onset latency of single-unit and multiunit responses was measured in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (ICC) of barbiturate anesthetized cats. The…”
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Neuronal discharge rate is unsuitable for encoding sound intensity at the inferior-colliculus level by Ehret, G, Merzenich, M M

“…Rate-intensity functions from single neurons in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (ICC) of the cat in response to tone bursts and continuous noise…”
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Cortical plasticity contributing to variations in human performance ability by Merzenich, M.M.

“…Summary form only given. Studies conducted in developing and adult rats and monkeys have been designed to determine sources of variation in performance ability…”
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Regional segregation of neurons responding to quickly adapting, slowly adapting, deep and Pacinian receptors within thalamic ventroposterior lateral and ventroposterior inferior nuclei in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) by Dykes, R W, Sur, M, Merzenich, M M, Kaas, J H, Nelson, R J

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Speech recognition in analog multichannel cochlear prostheses: initial experiments in controlling classifications by White, M.W., Ochs, M.T., Merzenich, M.M., Schubert, E.D.

“…Computer-synthesized vowels were used to examine methods for controlling and measuring the perceptions elicited during electrical stimulation of the human…”
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Speech modifications algorithms used for training language learning-impaired children by Nagarajan, S.S., Xiaoqin Wang, Merzenich, M.M., Schreiner, C.E., Johnston, P., Jenkins, W.M., Miller, S., Tallal, P.

“…In this paper, the details of processing algorithms used in a training program with language learning-impaired children (LLIs) are described. The training…”
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Spatio-temporal interaction of evoked magnetic fields in primary auditory and somatosensory cortex of awake humans by Nagarajan, S.S., Mahncke, H., Poeppel, D., Roberts, T.P.L., Rowley, H.A., Merzenich, M.M.

“…Determines the primary cortical evoked magnetic field responses to brief somatosensory and auditory stimuli in awake humans. These responses comprise evoked…”
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