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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
6598
World Ranking
6533
National Ranking
2833

Best Publications

  • The anatomical consequences of acoustic injury: A review and tutorial.

    James C. Saunders;Steven P. Dear;Mark E. Schneider

  • Targeted mutagenesis of the POU-domain gene Brn4/Pou3f4 causes developmental defects in the inner ear.

    Deborah Phippard;Lihui Lu;Daniel Lee;James C. Saunders

  • Hearing in the parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus): absolute thresholds, critical ratios, frequency difference limens, and vocalizations.

    Robert J. Dooling;James C. Saunders

  • The structural and functional consequences of acoustic injury in the cochlea and peripheral auditory system: a five year update.

    James C. Saunders;Yale E. Cohen;Yvonne M. Szymko

  • Middle-ear development V: Development of umbo sensitivity in the gerbil

    Yale E Cohen;Daryl E Doan;David M Rubin;James C Saunders

  • Recovery of auditory function following intense sound exposure in the neonatal chick

    Edith A. McFadden;James C. Saunders

  • Hair cell damage produced by acoustic trauma in the chick cochlea.

    Douglas A. Cotanche;James C. Saunders;Lewis G. Tilney

  • The Role of Central Nervous System Plasticity in Tinnitus.

    James C. Saunders

  • A Comparative Analysis of Middle-Ear Function in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates

    J C Saunders;B M Johnstone

  • Evidence That Rapid Vesicle Replenishment of the Synaptic Ribbon Mediates Recovery from Short-Term Adaptation at the Hair Cell Afferent Synapse

    Maria A. Spassova;Michael Avissar;Adam C. Furman;Mark A. Crumling

  • The Middle Ear of Reptiles and Birds

    James C. Saunders;R. Keith Duncan;Daryl E. Doan;Yehudah L. Werner

  • The structural and functional aspects of hair cell regeneration in the chick as a result of exposure to intense sound

    James C. Saunders;Henry J. Adler;Frederic A. Pugliano

  • Sound transmission through the avian interaural pathways

    John J. Rosowski;James C. Saunders

  • Recovery of the basilar papilla following intense sound exposure in the chick.

    R. R. Marsh;Lerong Xu;J. P. Moy;J. C. Saunders

  • The maturation of frequency selectivity in C57BL/6J mice studied with auditory evoked response tuning curves.

    James C. Saunders;Kim G. Dolgin;Louis D. Lowry

  • A critical period for acoustic trauma in the hamster and its relation to cochlear development

    Gregory R. Bock;James C. Saunders

  • Chick cochlear hair cell exocytosis mediated by dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels.

    Maria Spassova;James C. Saunders;Thomas D. Parsons

  • Tip-link integrity on chick tall hair cell stereocilia following intense sound exposure.

    Julian M. Husbands;Sheldon A. Steinberg;Rachel Kurian;James C. Saunders

  • Changes in cochlear microphonic sensitivity after priming C57BL/6j mice at various ages for audiogenic seizures.

    James C. Saunders;Kenneth A. Hirsch

  • Displacement of the malleus in neonatal golden hamsters.

    Evan M. Relkin;James C. Saunders

Frequent Co-Authors

Yale E. Cohen
Yale E. Cohen University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Lifshitz
Jonathan Lifshitz University of Arizona
Dexter R. F. Irvine
Dexter R. F. Irvine Monash University
William J. Spain
William J. Spain University of Washington
Åke Flock
Åke Flock Karolinska Institute
Leonard M. Eisenman
Leonard M. Eisenman Thomas Jefferson University
Joel H. Greenberg
Joel H. Greenberg University of Pennsylvania
Barbara Canlon
Barbara Canlon Karolinska Institute
Edward H. Egelman
Edward H. Egelman University of Virginia

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