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K. Lu, K. T. Wong, L. N. Zhou, Y. T. Shi, C. J. Yang, and R. C. Liu, Instinct to insight: Neural correlates of ethological strategy learning , biorXiv (September 2023). doi: 10.1101/2023.09.11.557240.
A. Moreno, S. Rajagopalan, M. J. Tucker, P. Lunsford, and R. C. Liu, Hearing Vocalizations during First Social Experience with Pups Increase Bdnf Transcription in Mouse Auditory Cortex , Neural plasticity (February 2023). doi: 10.1155/2023/5225952.
D. B. Anandakumar and R. C. Liu, More than the end: OFF response plasticity as a mnemonic signature of a sound’s behavioral salience, Frontiers in computational neuroscience (September 2022). doi: 10.3389/fncom.2022.974264.
A. M. Borie, L. J. Young, and R. C. Liu, Sex-specific and social experience-dependent oxytocin–endocannabinoid interactions in the nucleus accumbens: implications for social behaviour , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (July 2022). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0057.
A. M. Borie, S. Agezo, P. Lunsford, A. J. Boender, J. D. Guo, H. Zhu, G. J. Berman, L. J. Young and R. C. Liu, Social experience alters oxytocinergic modulation in the nucleus accumbens of female prairie voles, Current Biology (February 2022). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.014
M. R. Warren, D. Campbell, A. M. Borie, S. Agezo, C. L. Ford, A. M. Dharani, L. J. Young and R. C. Liu, Maturation of Social-Vocal Communication in Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) Pups, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (January 2022). doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.814200
Journal Publications in Neuroscience
A. G. Dunlap, C. Besosa, L. M. Pascual, K. K. Chong, H. Walum, D. B. Kacsoh, B. B. Tankeu and R. C. Liu, Becoming a better parent: mice learn sounds that improve a stereotyped maternal behavior, Hormones and Behavior 124: 104779 (May 2020). doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104779.
K. K. Chong, D. B. Anandakumar, A. G. Dunlap, D. B. Kacsoh and R. C. Liu, Experience-Dependent Coding of Time-Dependent Frequency Trajectories by Off Responses in Secondary Auditory Cortex, Journal of Neuroscience 40(23): 4469-4482 (April 2020). doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2665-19.2020.
A. Moreno*, A. Gumaste*, G. Adams, K. K. Chong, M. Nguyen, K. N. Shepard and R. C. Liu, Familiarity with social sounds alters c-Fos expression in auditory cortex and interacts with estradiol in locus coeruleus , Hearing Research 366:38-49 (June 2018) doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.06.020.
T. N. Ivanova, C. Gross, R. C. Mappus, Y. J. Kwon, G. J. Bassell and R. C. Liu (2017), Familiarity with a vocal category biases the compartmental expression of Arc/Arg3.1 mRNA in core auditory cortex , Learning and Memory 24(12): 612-621.
S. B. Banerjee, V. A. Gutzeit, J. Baman, H. S. Aoued, N. K. Doshi, R. C. Liu* and K. J. Ressler* (2017), Perineuronal nets in the adult sensory cortex are necessary for fear learning , Neuron 95(1):169-179.
E. A. Amadei*, Z. V. Johnson*, Y. J. Kwon, A. C. Shpiner, V. Saravanan, W. Mays, S. Ryan, H. Walum, D. Rainnie, L. J. Young and R. C. Liu (2017), Dynamic corticostriatal activity biases social bonding in monogamous female prairie voles , Nature 546(7657):297-301.
K. N. Shepard, K. K. Chong and R. C. Liu (2016), Contrast Enhancement without Transient Map Expansion for Species-Specific Vocalizations in Core Auditory Cortex during Learning , eNeuro 3(6) ENEURO.0318-16.2016.
C. D. Makinson, K. Dutt, F. Lin, L. A. Papale, A. Shankar, A. J. Barela, R. C. Liu, A. L. Goldin, A. Escayg (2015), An Scn1a epilepsy mutation in Scn8a alters seizure susceptibility and behavior , Experimental Neurology 275(Pt. 1):46-58.
J. A. Garcia-Lazaro, K. N. Shepard, J. A. Miranda, R. C. Liu, N. A. Lesica (2015), An overrepresentation of high frequencies in the mouse inferior colliculus supports the processing of ultrasonic vocalizations , PLoS ONE 10(8):e0133251.
K. N. Shepard*, F. G. Lin*, C. L. Zhao, K. K. Chong and R. C. Liu (2015), Behavioral relevance helps untangle natural vocal categories in a specific subset of core auditory cortical pyramidal neurons , Journal of Neuroscience 35(6):2636-2645.
K. N. Shepard, L. C. Liles, D. Weinshenker and R. C. Liu (2015), Norepinephrine is necessary for experience-dependent plasticity in the developing mouse auditory cortex , Journal of Neuroscience 35(6):2432-2437.
J. A. Miranda, K. N. Shepard, S. K. McClintock and R. C. Liu (2014), Adult plasticity in the subcortical auditory pathway of the maternal mouse , PLoS ONE 9(7):e101630.
I. Kirste, Z. Nicola, G. Kronenberg, T. L. Walker R. C. Liu and G. Kempermann (2013), Is silence golden? Effects of auditory stimuli and their absence on adult hippocampal neurogenesis , Brain Structure and Function (in press).
S. Bennur, J. Tsunada, Y. E Cohen, R. C. Liu (2013), Understanding acoustic communication: A perspective on the value of ethological paradigms , Hearing Research 305:3-9.
S. B. Banerjee and R. C. Liu (2013), Storing maternal memories: Hypothesizing an interaction of experience and estrogen on sensory cortical plasticity to learn infant cues , Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 34(4):300-314.
T. P. Vogels, R. C. Froemke, N. Doyon, M. Gilson, J. S. Haas, R. C. Liu, A. Maffei, C. J. Wierenga, M. Woodin, F. Zenke, H. Sprekeler (2013), Inhibitory synaptic plasticity: Spike timing-dependence and putative network function , Frontiers in Neural Circuits 7:119.
F. G. Lin, E. E. Galindo-Leon, T. N. Ivanova, R. C. Mappus and R. C. Liu (2013), A role for maternal physiological state in preserving auditory cortical plasticity for salient infant calls , Neuroscience 247:102-116.
A. G. Dunlap, F. G. Lin and R. C. Liu (2013), Auditory processing for contrast enhancement of salient communication vocalizations , Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 133(5):3353.
C. L. Zhao, F. G. Lin and R. C. Liu (2012), Spike train distance metric reveals plasticity in discrimination of salient calls by putative excitatory cells of the auditory cortex , BMC Neuroscience 13(Suppl I):P97.
T. Ivanova, A. Matthews, C. Gross, R. C. Mappus, A. Swanson, G. J. Bassell and R. C. Liu (2011), Arc/Arg3.1 mRNA expression reveals a subcellular trace of prior sound exposure in adult primary auditory cortex , Neuroscience 181:117-126.
K. N. Shepard and R. C. Liu (2011), Experience restores innate female preference for male ultrasonic vocalizations , Genes Brain Behavior 10:28-34.
F. G. Lin and R. C. Liu (2010), Subset of thin spike cortical neurons preserve the peripheral encoding of stimulus onsets , Journal of Neurophysiology 104:3588-3599.
E. E. Galindo-Leon and R. C. Liu (2010), Predicting stimulus-locked single unit spiking from cortical local field potentials , Journal of Computational Neuroscience 29:581-597.
E. E. Galindo-Leon*, F. G. Lin* and R. C. Liu (2009), Inhibitory plasticity in a lateral band improves cortical detection of natural vocalizations , Neuron 62:705-716.
J. A. Miranda and R. C. Liu (2009), Dissecting natural sensory plasticity: Hormones and experience in a maternal context , Hearing Research 252:20-27.
R. C. Liu and C. E. Schreiner (2007), Auditory cortical detection and discrimination correlates with communicative significance , PLoS Biology 5: e173.
R. C. Liu , J. F. Linden and C. E. Schreiner (2006), Improved cortical entrainment to infant communication calls in mothers compared to virgin mice , European Journal of Neuroscience 23: 3087-3097.
R. C. Liu (2006), Prospective contributions of transgenic mouse models to central auditory research , Brain Research 1091:217-223.
F. Strata, A. R. Delpolyi, B. H. Bonham, E. F. Chang, R. C. Liu, H. Nakahara and M. M. Merzenich (2005), Perinatal anoxia degrades auditory system function in rats , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102:19156-19161.
R. C. Liu , K. D. Miller, M. M. Merzenich and C. E. Schreiner (2003), Acoustic variability and distinguishability among mouse ultrasound vocalizations , Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 114:3412-3422.
J. F. Linden, R. C. Liu, M. Sahani, C. E. Schreiner and M. M. Merzenich (2003), Spectrotemporal structure of receptive fields in areas AI and AAF of mouse auditory cortex , Journal of Neurophysiology 90:2660-2675.
R. C. Liu , S. Tzonev, S. Rebrik and K. D. Miller (2001), Variability and information in a neural code of the cat lateral geniculate nucleus , Journal of Neurophysiology 86:2789-2806.
A. G. Dunlap and R. C. Liu, Rodent ultrasonic vocalization as a window into auditory cortical processing and plasticity , in Handbook of Ultrasonic Vocalization , ed. by S. Brudzynski (Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, in press).
K. K. Chong and R. C. Liu, Hormone-dependent and experience-dependent auditory plasticity for social communication , in Hearing and Hormones , ed. by A. Bass, J. Sisneros, R. R. Fay and A. N. Popper (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York, 2016).
Sensory Systems: Yin and Yang from Cortical Oxytocin, News and Views in Nature 520:444-445 (2015).
C. I. Petkov, T. Q. Gentner and R. C. Liu (editors), Communication Sounds and the Brain: New Directions and Perspectives , Special Issue in Hearing Research , vol. 305 (2013).
K. N. Shepard, M. Kilgard and R. C. Liu, Experience-dependent plasticity and the auditory cortex , in Neural Correlates of Auditory Cognition , ed. by Y. Cohen, R. R. Fay and A. N. Popper (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, New York, 2012).
R. C. Liu, Inhibitory plasticity and auditory function , in Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity , ed. by M. A. Woodin and A. Maffei (Springer Science+Business Media, New York, 2011).
Selected Publications in Condensed Matter Physics
W. D. Oliver, J. Kim, R. C. Liu and Y. Yamamoto (1999), Hanbury Brown and Twiss-type experiment with electrons , Science 284:299-301.
R. C. Liu , B. Odom, Y. Yamamoto and S. Tarucha (1998), Quantum interference in electron collision , Nature 391:263-265.
R. C. Liu and Y. Yamamoto (1995), Conductance dependent suppression of current partition noise in mesoscopic electron branching circuits , Physical Review B 210:37-42.
R. C. Liu and Y. Yamamoto (1994), Nyquist noise in the transition from mesoscopic to macroscopic transport , Physical Review B 50:17411-17414.
R. C. Liu and Y. Yamamoto (1994), Suppression of quantum partition noise in mesoscopic electron branching circuits , Physical Review B 49:10520-10532.