Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Behaviors: from trained behaviors to naturalistic vocal communication
We have been tackling a challenge in auditory neuroscience: bridging a gap between our understanding of primate auditory behaviors and their neural mechanisms. Previous work focused on neural mechanisms of task-trained auditory behaviors, auditory categorization and perceptual decision-making (Tsunada et al., 2011, 2012, 2016, 2019). We recently started and keep studying naturalistic auditory behavior, vocal communication (Eliades and Tsunada, 2018, Tsunada and Eliades, 2020).
Research Reports
Year 2020
Tsunada J., and Eliades S.J.* (2020) Dissociation of unit activity and gamma oscillations during vocalization in primate auditory cortex. Journal of Neuroscience
Year 2019
Tsunada J., Cohen Y.E.*, and Gold J.I. (2019) Post-decision processing in primate prefrontal cortex influences subsequent choices on an auditory decision-making task. eLIFE8(e46770)
Year 2018
Eliades S.J.* and Tsunada J. (2018) Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets. Nature Communications 9:25
[selected as an F1000Prime paper by Dr. Alan Palmer and Dr. Christian John Sumner]
Year 2016
Tsunada J., Liu A.S., Gold J.I., and Cohen Y.E.* (2016) Causal contribution of primate auditory cortex to auditory perceptual decision-making. Nature Neuroscience 19(1):135-142 [selected as an F1000Prime paper by Dr. Andrew King]
Johnston J.M., Cohen Y.E., Shirley H., Tsunada J., Bennur S., Christison-Lagay K., and Veeder C.L.* (2016) Recent Refinements to Cranial Implants in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). Lab Animal 45(5):180-186
Year 2015
Liu A.S., Tsunada J., Gold J.I., and Cohen Y.E.* (2015) Temporal integration of auditory information is invariant to temporal grouping cues. eNeuro 2(2)
Year 2013
Lee J.H.*, Tsunada J., and Cohen Y.E. (2013) A model of the differential representation of signal novelty in the local field potentials and spiking activity of the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Neural computation 25(1):157-85.
Year 2012
Tsunada J.*, Lee J.H., and Cohen Y.E. (2012) Differential representation of auditory categories between cell classes in primate auditory cortex. Journal of Physiology 509(13):3129-39.
Tsunada J.*, and Sawaguchi T. (2012) Neuronal categorization and discrimination of social behaviors in primate prefrontal cortex. Plos One e52610.
Year 2011
Tsunada J.*, Baker A.E., Christison-Lagay K.L., Davis S.J., and Cohen Y.E. (2011) Modulation of cross-frequency coupling by novel and repeated stimuli in the primate ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Frontiers in Psychology 2:217.
Tsunada J., Lee J.H., and Cohen Y.E.* (2011)Representation of speech categories in the primate auditory cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 105(6):2634-46.
[Commentary by Steinschneider M. (2011) Unlocking the role of the superior temporal gyrus for speech sound categorization Journal of Neurophysiology 105(6):2631-3.]
Reviews
Year 2016
Cohen Y.E.*, Bennur S., Christison-Lagay K., Gifford A.M., and Tsunada J. (2016) Functional Organization of the Ventral Auditory Pathway.Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 894:381-8.
Year 2014
Tsunada J.*, and Cohen Y.E. (2014) Neural mechanisms of auditory categorization: from across brain areas to within local microcircuits. Frontiers in Neuroscience 8:161.
Year 2013
Bennur S.†, Tsunada J.†, Cohen Y.E., and Liu R.C.* (2013) Understanding the neurophysiological basis of auditory abilities for social communication: A perspective on the value of ethological paradigms. Hearing Research 305:3-9.
Year 2009
Cohen Y.E.*, Lee J.H., Tsunada J., and Russ B.E. (2009) Auditory categories in the non-human primate. Handbook of Mammalian Vocalization