Zadorlab Questions

Here are the questions we're interested in:

What are the neural representations of sound in the auditory cortex, and how are these representations modulated by non-sensory input, such as attention and reward?
What are the cellular and synaptic mechanisms underlying these sensory representations and their non-sensory modulation?
What are the mechanisms by which learning modifies these representations?

Rumpel, S., LeDoux, J., Zador, A., and Malinow, R.. (2005) "Postsynaptic receptor trafficking underlying amygdala associative learning," Science, in press

Machens, C., Wehr, M. and Zador, A. (2004) "Linearity of cortical receptive fields measured with natural sounds" J. Neurosci, 24:1089-1100.

DeWeese, M., Wehr, M. and Zador, A. (2003) "Binary spiking in auditory cortex " J. Neurosci, 23: 7940-7949.

deCharms, R. C. and A. Zador (2000) "Neural representation and the cortical code." Annu Rev Neurosci 23: 613-47