Spontaneous beat synchronization in rats: Neural dynamics and motor entrainment

Y Ito, TI Shiramatsu, N Ishida, K Oshima, K Magami… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Beat perception and synchronization within 120 to 140 beats/min (BPM) are common in
humans and frequently used in music composition. Why beat synchronization is uncommon …

Common principles in the lateralization of auditory cortex structure and function for vocal communication in primates and rodents

P Ruthig, M Schönwiesner - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes recent findings on the lateralization of communicative sound
processing in the auditory cortex (AC) of humans, non‐human primates and rodents …

[HTML][HTML] White noise background improves tone discrimination by suppressing cortical tuning curves

RK Christensen, H Lindén, M Nakamura, TR Barkat - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
The brain faces the difficult task of maintaining a stable representation of key features of the
outside world in noisy sensory surroundings. How does the sensory representation change …

[HTML][HTML] Auditory, visual, and cross-modal mismatch negativities in the rat auditory and visual cortices

TI Shiramatsu, K Mori, K Ishizu… - Frontiers in Human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
When the brain tries to acquire an elaborate model of the world, multisensory integration
should contribute to building predictions based on the various pieces of information, and …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of absolute and relative disparity processing in human visual cortex

M Kaestner, ML Evans, YD Chen, AM Norcia - Neuroimage, 2022 - Elsevier
Cortical processing of binocular disparity is believed to begin in V1 where cells are sensitive
to absolute disparity, followed by the extraction of relative disparity in higher visual areas …

Map plasticity following noise exposure in auditory cortex of rats: implications for disentangling neural correlates of tinnitus and hyperacusis

N Wake, TI Shiramatsu, H Takahashi - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Both tinnitus and hyperacusis, likely triggered by hearing loss, can be attributed
to maladaptive plasticity in auditory perception. However, owing to their co-occurrence …

[HTML][HTML] Anterior auditory field is needed for sound categorization in fear conditioning task of adult rat

Z Shi, S Yan, Y Ding, C Zhou, S Qian, Z Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Both primary auditory cortex (A1) and anterior auditory field (AAF) are core regions of
auditory cortex of many mammalians. While the function of A1 has been well documented …

Shuffleaugment: A Data Augmentation Method Using Time Shuffling

Y Sato, N Ikeda, H Takahashi - ICASSP 2023-2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present ShuffleAugment, a data augmentation method for speech processing that
randomly shuffles data in the time direction. Every speech processing task has a …

[HTML][HTML] Information flow in the rat thalamo-cortical system: spontaneous vs. stimulus-evoked activities

K Ishizu, TI Shiramatsu, R Hitsuyu, M Oizumi… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The interaction between the thalamus and sensory cortex plays critical roles in sensory
processing. Previous studies have revealed pathway-specific synaptic properties of thalamo …

Excitatory effects of the primary auditory cortex on the sound-evoked responses in the ipsilateral anterior auditory field in rat

G Zhang, C Tao, C Zhou, S Yan, Z Wang, Y Zhou… - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
In the neocortex, interaction and cooperation between different areas are important for
information processing, which also applies to different areas within one sensory modality. In …