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David K. Ryugo is affiliated with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on sensory systems. The subfields of their work include sensory systems, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The main topics explored in their publications cover hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics; hearing loss and rehabilitation; vestibular and auditory disorders; olfactory and sensory function studies; neurobiology and insect physiology research; biochemical analysis and sensing techniques; and retinal diseases and treatments.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Isabella R. Williams, Yuliya Makeyeva, Anastasia Filimontseva, Catherine J. Connelly, and Sonja J. Pyott.

Their work has been published in several venues, most notably:

  • Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Hearing Research
  • Brain Sciences
  • Ageing Research Reviews
  • Frontiers in Neurology

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by David K. Ryugo include:

  • Diabetes mellitus and hearing loss: A review, 2021, Ageing Research Reviews
  • Regulation of auditory plasticity during critical periods and following hearing loss, 2020, Hearing Research
  • Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A critique on corticosteroid therapy, 2022, Hearing Research
  • Differential projections from the cochlear nucleus to the inferior colliculus in the mouse, 2023, Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Immunocytochemical Localization of Olfactory-signaling Molecules in Human and Rat Spermatozoa, 2020, Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry

Best Publications

  • Widespread expression of Huntington's disease gene (IT15) protein product

    Alan H. Sharp;Scott J. Loev;Gabriele Schilling;Shi Hua Li

  • Dialytrode for long term intracerebral perfusion in awake monkeys.

    Delgado Jm;DeFeudis Fv;Roth Rh;Ryugo Dk

  • Hair-cell innervation by spiral ganglion cells in adult cats

    N. Y. S. Kiang;J. M. Rho;C. C. Northrop;M. C. Liberman

  • The central projections of intracellularly labeled auditory nerve fibers in cats.

    D. M. Fekete;D. M. Fekete;E. M. Rouiller;M. C. Liberman;M. C. Liberman;D. K. Ryugo;D. K. Ryugo

  • Mossy fiber projections from the cuneate nucleus to the cochlear nucleus in the rat.

    Debora D. Wright;David K. Ryugo

  • Differential cellular expression of isoforms of inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptors in neurons and glia in brain.

    Alan H. Sharp;Frederick C. Nucifora;Olivier Blondel;Carol A. Sheppard

  • The spiral ganglion: connecting the peripheral and central auditory systems

    Bryony A. Nayagam;Michael A. Muniak;David K. Ryugo;David K. Ryugo

  • Intracellular marking of physiologically characterized cells in the ventral cochlear nucleus of the cat.

    E. M. Rouiller;E. M. Rouiller;D. K. Ryugo;D. K. Ryugo

  • Effects of sensory deprivation on the developing mouse olfactory system: a light and electron microscopic, morphometric analysis

    TE Benson;DK Ryugo;JW Hinds

  • Morphology of primary axosomatic endings in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus of the cat: a study of the endbulbs of Held.

    D. K. Ryugo;D. K. Ryugo;D. M. Fekete

  • Brainstem branches from olivocochlear axons in cats and rodents.

    M. C. Brown;M. C. Brown;M. C. Liberman;M. C. Liberman;T. E. Benson;T. E. Benson;D. K. Ryugo;D. K. Ryugo;D. K. Ryugo

  • Projections from the ventral cochlear nucleus to the dorsal cochlear nucleus in rats

    John R. Doucet;David K. Ryugo

  • Central trajectories of type II spiral ganglion neurons.

    M. C. Brown;A. M. Berglund;A. M. Berglund;N. Y. S. Kiang;D. K. Ryugo;D. K. Ryugo;D. K. Ryugo

  • Hair cell innervation by spiral ganglion neurons in the mouse.

    A. M. Berglund;A. M. Berglund;D. K. Ryugo;D. K. Ryugo

  • Restoration of Auditory Nerve Synapses in Cats by Cochlear Implants

    D. K. Ryugo;E. A. Kretzmer;J. K. Niparko

  • Synaptic alterations at inner hair cells precede spiral ganglion cell loss in aging C57BL/6J mice.

    Sofia Stamataki;Howard W. Francis;Mohamed Lehar;Bradford J. May

  • Differential plasticity of morphologically distinct neuron populations in the medial geniculate body of the cat during classical conditioning

    David K. Ryugo;Norman M. Weinberger

  • Progressive cerebellar, auditory, and esophageal dysfunction caused by targeted disruption of the frizzled-4 gene.

    Yanshu Wang;David Huso;Hugh Cahill;David Ryugo

  • Differential telencephalic projections of the medial and ventral divisions of the medial geniculate body of the rat.

    David K. Ryugo;Herbert P. Killackey

  • Synaptic connections of the auditory nerve in cats: relationship between endbulbs of held and spherical bushy cells.

    David K. Ryugo;Seishiro Sento

  • Anomalous organization of thalamocortical projections consequent to vibrissae removal in the newborn rat and mouse.

    Herbert P. Killackey;Gary Belford;Rebecca Ryugo;David K. Ryugo

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric M. Rouiller
Eric M. Rouiller University of Fribourg
Donna M. Fekete
Donna M. Fekete Purdue University West Lafayette
Herbert P. Killackey
Herbert P. Killackey University of California, Irvine
Solomon H. Snyder
Solomon H. Snyder Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robert K. Shepherd
Robert K. Shepherd University of Melbourne
M. Christian Brown
M. Christian Brown Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Alejandro A. Schäffer
Alejandro A. Schäffer National Institutes of Health
Bertrand Delgutte
Bertrand Delgutte Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
David R. Thorburn
David R. Thorburn Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University

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