Publications
Ying, R., Stolzberg, D., Caras, M.L. (2025) Neural correlates of perceptual plasticity in the auditory midbrain and thalamus. Journal of Neuroscience. In press.
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Macedo-Lima, M., Hamlette, L., Caras, M.L. (2024) Orbitofrontal cortex modulates auditory cortical sensitivity and sound perception in Mongolian gerbils. Current Biology 34(15):3354-3366. web | ScienceCast audio summary
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Ying, R. Hamlette, L. Nikoobakht, L., Balaji, R., Miko, N., Caras, M.L. (2023) Organization of orbitofrontal- auditory pathways in the Mongolian gerbil. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 1-23. web | pdf
Caras, M.L., Happel, M.F.K., Chandrasekaran, B., Ripollés, P., Keesom, S.M., Hurley, L.M., Remage-Healey, L., Holt, L.L., Wright, B.A. (2022) Non-sensory influences on auditory learning and plasticity. Journal of the Association of Research in Otolaryngology. doi:10.1007/s10162-022-00837-3. web | pdf
Wang, L., Caras, M.L., Karayannis T., Froemke, R.C. (2021) Editorial: Mechanisms underlying experience- dependent plasticity of cortical circuits. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15:687297. web | pdf
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Mowery, T.M.*, Caras, M.L.*, Hassan, S., Wang, D., Dimidschstein, J., Fishell, G., Sanes, D.H. (2019) Preserving inhibition during developmental hearing loss rescues auditory learning and perception. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(42):8347-8361. web | pdf
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Caras, M.L., Sanes, D.H. (2019) Neural variability limits adolescent skill learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(15):2889-2902.^ web | pdf
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Caras, M.L., Sanes, D.H. (2017) Top-down modulation of sensory cortex gates perceptual learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(37): 9972-9977. web | pdf
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Caras, M.L. and Remage-Healey, L. (2016) Control of peripheral and central auditory processing by estrogen in birds. pp 77-100. In: Hearing and Hormones. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. A. Bass, J. Sisneros, Fay, D. and Popper, A. eds. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, New York. pdf
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Larson, T.A., Lent, K.L., Bammler, T.K., MacDonald, J.W., Wood, W.E., Caras, M.L., Thatra, N.M, Budzillo, A., Perkel, D.J., Brenowitz, E.A. (2015) Network analysis of microRNA and mRNA seasonal dynamics in a highly plastic sensorimotor neural circuit. BMC Genomics. 16:905. web | pdf
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Caras, M.L., Sanes, D.H. (2015) Sustained perceptual deficits from transient sensory deprivation. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(30):10851-10865. web | pdf
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Caras, M.L., Sen, K., Rubel, E.W., Brenowitz, E. (2015) Seasonal plasticity of precise spike timing in the avian auditory system. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(8): 3431-3445. web | pdf
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Buran, B., Sarro, E, Manno, F.,Kang, R., Caras, M.L. Sanes, D.H. (2014) A sensitive period for the impact of hearing loss on auditory perception. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(6):2276-84. web | pdf
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Caras, M.L. (2013) Estrogenic modulation of auditory processing: a vertebrate comparison. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 34(4):285-299. web | pdf
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Larson, T.A., Wang, T., Gale, S.D., Miller, K.E., Thatra, N.M., Caras, M.L., Perkel, D.J., Brenowitz, E.A. (2013) Post-Synaptic Neural Activity Regulates Neuronal Addition in the Adult Avian Song Control System. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(41):16640-16644. web | pdf
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Caras, M.L., O’Brien, M., Brenowitz, E.A. and Rubel, E.W. (2012) Estradiol selectively enhances auditory function in avian forebrain neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(49):17597-17611. web | pdf
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Caras, M.L., Brenowitz, E. and Rubel, E.W. (2010) Peripheral auditory processing changes seasonally in Gambel’s white-crowned sparrows. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 196(8): 581-599. web | pdf
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Caras, M.L., MacKenzie, K., Rodwin B., and Katz, D.B. (2008) Investigating the motivational mechanism of altered saline consumption following 5-HT1A manipulation. Behavioral Neuroscience. 122(2): 407-415. web | pdf
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^ Featured article in This Week in the Journal: Esch, T. (2019) More neuronal variability, slower learning in adolescents. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(15): 2775. web | pdf