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Daniel B. Polley

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
8587
World Ranking
5996
National Ranking
2622

Daniel B. Polley publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel B. Polley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 118 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Daniel B. Polley D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel B. Polley sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

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Overview

Daniel B. Polley is a researcher affiliated with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and sensory systems. The scope of their research covers a range of topics related to hearing and auditory processing.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study

Within the broader field of neuroscience, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Sensory Systems
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Speech and Hearing
  • Molecular Biology

Daniel B. Polley has authored numerous research papers published in several scientific journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Cochlear neural degeneration disrupts hearing in background noise by increasing auditory cortex internal noise," 2021, Neuron
  • "Bottom-up and top-down neural signatures of disordered multi-talker speech perception in adults with normal hearing," 2020, eLife
  • "Auditory Corticothalamic Neurons Are Recruited by Motor Preparatory Inputs," 2020, Current Biology
  • "Inverted central auditory hierarchies for encoding local intervals and global temporal patterns," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Neural signatures of auditory hypersensitivity following acoustic trauma," 2022, eLife

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Kenneth E. Hancock
  • Aravindakshan Parthasarathy
  • Kameron K. Clayton
  • Kelly N. Jahn
  • Jenna A. Sugai

Published work appears regularly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Current Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neuron

In addition to journal articles, Daniel B. Polley has contributed to academic literature through book publications. One example includes a book titled The Thalamus, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Perceptual Learning Directs Auditory Cortical Map Reorganization through Top-Down Influences

    Daniel B. Polley;Elizabeth E. Steinberg;Michael M. Merzenich

  • Treatment of autosomal dominant hearing loss by in vivo delivery of genome editing agents

    Xue Gao;Yong Tao;Yong Tao;Yong Tao;Veronica Lamas;Mingqian Huang

  • Multiparametric auditory receptive field organization across five cortical fields in the albino rat.

    Daniel B. Polley;Heather L. Read;Douglas A. Storace;Michael M. Merzenich

  • Central Gain Restores Auditory Processing following Near-Complete Cochlear Denervation.

    Anna R. Chambers;Jennifer Resnik;Jennifer Resnik;Yasheng Yuan;Jonathon P. Whitton

  • A critical period for auditory thalamocortical connectivity

    Tania Rinaldi Barkat;Daniel B Polley;Takao K Hensch

  • Robustness of Cortical Topography across Fields, Laminae, Anesthetic States, and Neurophysiological Signal Types

    Wei Guo;Anna R. Chambers;Anna R. Chambers;Keith N. Darrow;Keith N. Darrow;Kenneth E. Hancock;Kenneth E. Hancock

  • Long-term modification of cortical synapses improves sensory perception

    Robert C Froemke;Ioana Carcea;Ioana Carcea;Alison J Barker;Kexin Yuan

  • Monaural deprivation disrupts development of binaural selectivity in auditory midbrain and cortex.

    Maria V. Popescu;Daniel B. Polley

  • Linking Topography to Tonotopy in the Mouse Auditory Thalamocortical Circuit

    Troy A. Hackett;Tania Rinaldi Barkat;Barbara M. J. O'Brien;Takao K. Hensch

  • Naturalistic experience transforms sensory maps in the adult cortex of caged animals

    Daniel B Polley;Eugen Kvasnák;Ron D Frostig

  • A Corticothalamic Circuit for Dynamic Switching between Feature Detection and Discrimination

    Wei Guo;Wei Guo;Amanda R. Clause;Asa Barth-Maron;Daniel B. Polley;Daniel B. Polley

  • Biased signalling and proteinase-activated receptors (PARs): targeting inflammatory disease.

    M D Hollenberg;K Mihara;D Polley;J Y Suen

  • Two directions of plasticity in the sensory-deprived adult cortex.

    Daniel B Polley;Cynthia H Chen-Bee;Ron D Frostig

  • Improved TMC1 gene therapy restores hearing and balance in mice with genetic inner ear disorders.

    Carl A. Nist-Lund;Bifeng Pan;Bifeng Pan;Amy Patterson;Yukako Asai;Yukako Asai

  • Associative learning shapes the neural code for stimulus magnitude in primary auditory cortex

    Daniel B. Polley;Marc A. Heiser;David T. Blake;Christoph E. Schreiner

  • Fine functional organization of auditory cortex revealed by Fourier optical imaging.

    Valery A. Kalatsky;Daniel B. Polley;Michael M. Merzenich;Christoph E. Schreiner

  • Evaluating the Perceptual and Pathophysiological Consequences of Auditory Deprivation in Early Postnatal Life: A Comparison of Basic and Clinical Studies

    Jonathon P. Whitton;Daniel B. Polley;Daniel B. Polley

  • Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Is Required for Rapid Experience-Dependent Regulation of the Potassium Channel Kv3.1b

    John G. Strumbos;Maile R. Brown;Jack Kronengold;Daniel B. Polley

  • Brief hearing loss disrupts binaural integration during two early critical periods of auditory cortex development

    Daniel B. Polley;John H. Thompson;Wei Guo;Wei Guo

  • Local versus global scales of organization in auditory cortex.

    Patrick O. Kanold;Israel Nelken;Daniel B. Polley;Daniel B. Polley

  • Cochlear neural degeneration disrupts hearing in background noise by increasing auditory cortex internal noise.

    Jennifer Resnik;Jennifer Resnik;Daniel B. Polley;Daniel B. Polley

Frequent Co-Authors

Troy A. Hackett
Troy A. Hackett Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Michael M. Merzenich
Michael M. Merzenich University of California, San Francisco
M. Charles Liberman
M. Charles Liberman Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Christoph E. Schreiner
Christoph E. Schreiner University of California, San Francisco
Albert S.B. Edge
Albert S.B. Edge Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Jeffrey R. Holt
Jeffrey R. Holt Boston Children's Hospital
Ron D. Frostig
Ron D. Frostig University of California, Irvine
Daniel J. Lee
Daniel J. Lee Samsung (South Korea)
Stéphane F. Maison
Stéphane F. Maison Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham
Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham Carnegie Mellon University

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