Latest

• 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.

Book Chapters, Commentaries and Edited Volumes in Neuroscience

• 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.