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M. Christian Brown is affiliated with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a strong focus on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Biomedical Engineering.

The core topics of Brown's work include Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, and Genetics. Additional areas of focus cover Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research.

Brown has published research articles in various scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • Magnetic stimulation allows focal activation of the mouse cochlea, 2022, eLife
  • Human Cochlear Nucleus on 7 Tesla Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Insights Into Micro-anatomy and Function for Auditory Brainstem Implant Surgery, 2020, Otology & Neurotology
  • Clinical and scientific innovations in auditory brainstem implants, 2021, World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Adult Auditory Brainstem Implant Outcomes and Three-Dimensional Electrode Array Position on Computed Tomography, 2021, Ear and Hearing
  • Auditory Brainstem Implant Outcomes in Tumor and Nontumor Patients: A Systematic Review, 2024, Otolaryngology

Frequent collaborators in Brown's work include:

  • Daniel J. Lee
  • Stephen McInturff
  • Vivek V. Kanumuri
  • Florent-Valéry Coen
  • Stéphanie P. Lacour

Brown's research has appeared repeatedly in journals such as Otology & Neurotology, the Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology, eLife, and the World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work across auditory neuroscience and medical research.

Best Publications

  • The macrophage response to central and peripheral nerve injury. A possible role for macrophages in regeneration.

    V H Perry;M C Brown;S Gordon

  • Absence of Wallerian Degeneration does not Hinder Regeneration in Peripheral Nerve.

    E. R. Lunn;V. H. Perry;M. C. Brown;H. Rosen

  • Physiology and anatomy of single olivocochlear neurons in the cat.

    M.C. Liberman;M.C. Liberman;M.C. Brown;M.C. Brown

  • Motor nerve sprouting.

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  • The relative sensitivity to vibration of muscle receptors of the cat

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  • Role of α9 Nicotinic ACh Receptor Subunits in the Development and Function of Cochlear Efferent Innervation

    Douglas E Vetter;M.Charles Liberman;Jeffrey Mann;Jacques Barhanin

  • Full spectrum of malformations in velo-cardio-facial syndrome/DiGeorge syndrome mouse models by altering Tbx1 dosage

    Jun Liao;Lazaros Kochilas;Sonja Nowotschin;Jelena S. Arnold

  • Vascular Defects and Sensorineural Deafness in a Mouse Model of Norrie Disease

    Heidi L. Rehm;Duan-Sun Zhang;Duan-Sun Zhang;M. Christian Brown;M. Christian Brown;Barbara Burgess

  • Very Slow Retrograde and Wallerian Degeneration in the CNS of C57BL/Ola Mice.

    V. H. Perry;M. C. Brown;E. R. Lunn

  • Radiation-induced reductions in macrophage recruitment have only slight effects on myelin degeneration in sectioned peripheral nerves of mice.

    V H Perry;J W Tsao;S Fearn;M C Brown

  • Role of macrophages in peripheral nerve degeneration and repair

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  • Unique Postsynaptic Signaling at the Hair Cell Efferent Synapse Permits Calcium to Evoke Changes on Two Time Scales

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  • Intracellular recordings from cochlear inner hair cells: effects of stimulation of the crossed olivocochlear efferents.

    MC Brown;AL Nuttall;RI Masta

  • A gene affecting Wallerian nerve degeneration maps distally on mouse chromosome 4

    M F Lyon;B W Ogunkolade;M C Brown;D J Atherton

  • Essential role of retinoblastoma protein in mammalian hair cell development and hearing.

    Cyrille Sage;Mingqian Huang;Melissa A. Vollrath;M. Christian Brown

  • Projections of thin (type-II) and thick (type-I) auditory-nerve fibers into the cochlear nucleus of the mouse.

    M.Christian Brown;M.Christian Brown;John V Ledwith

  • Consequences of slow Wallerian degeneration for regenerating motor and sensory axons.

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  • A central role for denervated tissues in causing nerve sprouting

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  • Tissue-specific roles of Tbx1 in the development of the outer, middle and inner ear, defective in 22q11DS patients

    Jelena S. Arnold;Evan M. Braunstein;Takahiro Ohyama;Andrew K. Groves

  • Further Studies on Motor and Sensory Nerve Regeneration in Mice With Delayed Wallerian Degeneration

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  • The pattern of axonal degeneration in the peripheral nervous system varies with different types of lesion

    E.R. Lunn;M.C. Brown;V.H. Perry

  • The temperature dependency of neural and hair cell responses evoked by high frequencies

    M. Christian Brown;D. Ian Smith;Alfred L. Nuttall

  • Mice overexpressing genes from the 22q11 region deleted in velo-cardio-facial syndrome/DiGeorge syndrome have middle and inner ear defects

    Birgit Funke;Jonathan A. Epstein;Lazaros K. Kochilas;Min Min Lu

  • The Rate of Wallerian Degeneration in Cultured Neurons from Wild Type and C57BL/WldS Mice Depends on Time in Culture and may be Extended in the Presence of Elevated K+ Levels

    E. A. Buckmaster;V. H. Perry;M. C. Brown

  • Inner hair cell responses to the velocity of basilar membrane motion in the guinea pig.

    Alfred L. Nuttall;M. Christian Brown;Robert I. Masta;Merle Lawrence

  • Responses of medial olivocochlear neurons. Specifying the central pathways of the medial olivocochlear reflex.

    M. C. Brown;M. C. Brown;R. K. de Venecia;R. K. de Venecia;J. J. Guinan;J. J. Guinan

  • Medial Olivocochlear Reflex Interneurons Are Located in the Posteroventral Cochlear Nucleus: A Kainic Acid Lesion Study in Guinea Pigs

    Ronald K. De Venecia;M. Charles Liberman;John J. Guinan;M. Christian Brown

  • Auditory Brainstem Implants: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives

    Kevin Wong;Elliott D. Kozin;Elliott D. Kozin;Vivek V. Kanumuri;Vivek V. Kanumuri;Nicolas Vachicouras

  • Superior temporal resolution of Chronos versus channelrhodopsin-2 in an optogenetic model of the auditory brainstem implant.

    Ariel Edward Hight;Elliott D. Kozin;Keith Darrow;Ashton Lehmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphanie P. Lacour
Stéphanie P. Lacour École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
M. Charles Liberman
M. Charles Liberman Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
John J. Guinan
John J. Guinan Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Joe C. Adams
Joe C. Adams Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Bernice E. Morrow
Bernice E. Morrow Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Daniel B. Polley
Daniel B. Polley Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Jeffrey R. Holt
Jeffrey R. Holt Boston Children's Hospital
Cynthia C. Morton
Cynthia C. Morton Brigham and Women's Hospital
Philippe Renaud
Philippe Renaud École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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