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Donald M. Caspary is affiliated with Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as Sensory Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics explored in Caspary's work include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, and Genetics, as well as Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Vestibular and auditory disorders, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling.

Caspary has contributed to numerous papers, with selected recent publications including:

  • Mechanisms of GABAergic and cholinergic neurotransmission in auditory thalamus: Impact of aging, 2020, Hearing Research
  • Nicotinic Receptor Subunit Distribution in Auditory Cortex: Impact of Aging on Receptor Number and Function, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Increased pyramidal and VIP neuronal excitability in rat primary auditory cortex directly correlates with tinnitus behaviour, 2023, The Journal of Physiology
  • Tinnitus-related increases in single-unit activity in awake rat auditory cortex correlate with tinnitus behavior, 2024, Hearing Research
  • Desensitizing nicotinic agents normalize tinnitus-related inhibitory dysfunction in the auditory cortex and ameliorate behavioral evidence of tinnitus, 2023, Frontiers in Neuroscience

The most frequent publication venues for Caspary's work include:

  • Hearing Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • The Journal of Physiology
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Collaborations have been a significant part of Caspary's research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Rui Cai
  • Lynne Ling
  • Madan Ghimire
  • Troy A. Hackett
  • Kevin A. Brownell

The focus of Caspary's research on auditory neuroscience involves investigating neurotransmission mechanisms, receptor distribution and function, and neuronal excitability related to auditory processing and tinnitus. This work extends to the study of aging impacts and pharmacological modulation of auditory cortical functions.

Best Publications

  • Ringing Ears: The Neuroscience of Tinnitus

    Larry E. Roberts;Jos J. Eggermont;Donald M. Caspary;Susan E. Shore

  • Inhibitory Neurotransmission, Plasticity and Aging in the Mammalian Central Auditory System

    Donald M. Caspary;Lynne Ling;Jeremy G. Turner;Jeremy G. Turner;Larry F. Hughes

  • Elevated Fusiform Cell Activity in the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus of Chinchillas with Psychophysical Evidence of Tinnitus

    T. J. Brozoski;C. A. Bauer;D. M. Caspary

  • Gap detection deficits in rats with tinnitus: A potential novel screening tool.

    Jeremy G. Turner;Thomas J. Brozoski;Carol A. Bauer;Jennifer L. Parrish

  • Central auditory aging: GABA changes in the inferior colliculus

    Donald M. Caspary;Joseph C. Milbrandt;Robert H. Helfert

  • Strychnine blocks binaural inhibition in lateral superior olivary neurons.

    MJ Moore;DM Caspary

  • Underlying mechanisms of tinnitus: review and clinical implications.

    James A. Henry;Larry E. Roberts;Donald M. Caspary;Sarah M. Theodoroff

  • Tinnitus and inferior colliculus activity in chinchillas related to three distinct patterns of cochlear trauma

    Carol A. Bauer;Jeremy G. Turner;Jeremy G. Turner;Donald M. Caspary;Kristin S. Myers

  • Immunocytochemical and neurochemical evidence for age-related loss of GABA in the inferior colliculus: implications for neural presbycusis

    DM Caspary;A Raza;BA Lawhorn Armour;J Pippin

  • Hearing in laboratory animals: strain differences and nonauditory effects of noise.

    Jeremy G Turner;Jennifer L Parrish;Larry F Hughes;Linda A Toth

  • GAD levels and muscimol binding in rat inferior colliculus following acoustic trauma.

    J.C Milbrandt;T.M Holder;M.C Wilson;R.J Salvi

  • Plasticity at glycinergic synapses in dorsal cochlear nucleus of rats with behavioral evidence of tinnitus

    Hongning Wang;Thomas J. Brozoski;Jeremy G. Turner;Jeremy G. Turner;Lynne Ling

  • Involvement of GABA in acoustically-evoked inhibition in inferior colliculus neurons.

    Carl L. Faingold;Cathy A. Boersma Anderson;Donald M. Caspary

  • Age-related changes in the inhibitory response properties of dorsal cochlear nucleus output neurons: role of inhibitory inputs.

    Donald M. Caspary;Tracy A. Schatteman;Larry F. Hughes

  • GABA inputs control discharge rate primarily within frequency receptive fields of inferior colliculus neurons.

    P. S. Palombi;D. M. Caspary

  • On the role of GABA as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in inferior colliculus neurons: iontophoretic studies

    Carl L. Faingold;Greta Gehlbach;Donald M. Caspary

  • Age-related loss of the GABA synthetic enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase in rat primary auditory cortex.

    L.L. Ling;L.F. Hughes;D.M. Caspary

  • Decreased effectiveness of GABA-mediated inhibition in the inferior colliculus of the genetically epilepsy-prone rat.

    Carl L. Faingold;Greta Gehlbach;Donald M. Caspary

  • GABA-A antagonist causes dramatic expansion of tuning in primary auditory cortex.

    Jian Wang;Donald Caspary;Richard J. Salvi

  • Age-related changes in GABAA receptor subunit composition and function in rat auditory system

    D.M Caspary;T.M Holder;L.F Hughes;J.C Milbrandt

  • Inhibitory inputs modulate discharge rate within frequency receptive fields of anteroventral cochlear nucleus neurons

    D. M. Caspary;P. M. Backoff;P. G. Finlayson;P. S. Palombi

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl L. Faingold
Carl L. Faingold Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Larry F. Hughes
Larry F. Hughes Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Richard Salvi
Richard Salvi University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Jian Wang
Jian Wang Dalhousie University
Troy A. Hackett
Troy A. Hackett Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Larry E. Roberts
Larry E. Roberts McMaster University
Sandra L. McFadden
Sandra L. McFadden University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Malcolm N. Semple
Malcolm N. Semple New York University
Richard L. Huganir
Richard L. Huganir Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Amy Arai
Amy Arai Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

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