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Manuel S. Malmierca

Manuel S. Malmierca

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Neuroscience

D-Index
53
Citations
8283
World Ranking
5165
National Ranking
78

Overview

Manuel S. Malmierca is affiliated with the University of Salamanca in Spain. Their research is primarily focused on neuroscience, with a total of 78 publications in this field. They work extensively within cognitive neuroscience, contributing to 67 publications, as well as sensory systems with 7 publications. Additional areas of study include experimental and cognitive psychology, nutrition and dietetics, and developmental biology.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of themes linked to neural function and perception. Key topics include neural dynamics and brain function, which account for 50 publications, and neuroscience and music perception, with 46 publications. Other notable areas are hearing loss and rehabilitation, hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics, multisensory perception and integration, functional brain connectivity studies, and neural and behavioral psychology studies.

Manuel S. Malmierca has contributed to multiple research articles published in various scientific venues. Recent papers include:

  • Prediction error signaling explains neuronal mismatch responses in the medial prefrontal cortex, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Corticothalamic Pathways in Auditory Processing: Recent Advances and Insights From Other Sensory Systems, 2021, Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Neuronal responses to omitted tones in the auditory brain: A neuronal correlate for predictive coding, 2023, Science Advances
  • Dopamine modulates subcortical responses to surprising sounds, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • The Role of Glutamate Neurotransmission in Mismatch Negativity (MMN), A Measure of Auditory Synaptic Plasticity and Change-detection, 2020, Neuroscience

Their work is frequently published in specific journals, including:

  • Hearing Research
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Biology
  • Cell Reports

In their collaborations, Manuel S. Malmierca has frequently worked with a number of coauthors, who have contributed extensively alongside them. These include David Pérez-González, Ana B. Lao-Rodríguez, Guillermo V. Carbajal, Lorena Casado-Román, and Peirun Song.

Best Publications

  • Stimulus-specific adaptation in the inferior colliculus of the anesthetized rat.

    Manuel S. Malmierca;Salvatore Cristaudo;David Pérez-González;Ellen Covey

  • Neurons along the auditory pathway exhibit a hierarchical organization of prediction error

    Gloria G. Parras;Javier Nieto-Diego;Guillermo V. Carbajal;Catalina Valdés-Baizabal

  • Novelty detector neurons in the mammalian auditory midbrain.

    David Pérez-González;Manuel S. Malmierca;Ellen Covey;Ellen Covey

  • Stimulus-specific adaptation in the auditory thalamus of the anesthetized rat.

    Flora M. Antunes;Israel Nelken;Ellen Covey;Manuel S. Malmierca

  • Iontophoresis in vivo demonstrates a key role for GABA(A) and glycinergic inhibition in shaping frequency response areas in the inferior colliculus of guinea pig.

    Fiona E. N. LeBeau;Manuel S. Malmierca;Manuel S. Malmierca;Adrian Rees

  • Contribution of GABA- and glycine-mediated inhibition to the monaural temporal response properties of neurons in the inferior colliculus

    F. E. N. Le Beau;A. Rees;M. S. Malmierca

  • The Neuronal Basis of Predictive Coding Along the Auditory Pathway: From the Subcortical Roots to Cortical Deviance Detection.

    Guillermo V Carbajal;Manuel S Malmierca

  • Laminar organization of frequency-defined local axons within and between the inferior colliculi of the guinea pig

    M. S. Malmierca;A. Rees;F. E. N. Le Beau;J. G. Bjaalie

  • Adaptation in the auditory system: an overview.

    David Pérez-González;Manuel S. Malmierca

  • The central nucleus of the inferior colliculus in rat: A Golgi and computer reconstruction study of neuronal and laminar structure

    Manuel S. Malmierca;Theodor W. Blackstad;Theodor W. Blackstad;Kirsten K. Osen;Tevfik Karagülle

  • The cortical modulation of stimulus-specific adaptation in the auditory midbrain and thalamus: a potential neuronal correlate for predictive coding

    Manuel S. Malmierca;Lucy A. Anderson;Flora M. Antunes

  • The structure and physiology of the rat auditory system: an overview.

    Manuel S Malmierca

  • A discontinuous tonotopic organization in the inferior colliculus of the rat.

    Manuel S. Malmierca;Marco A. Izquierdo;Salvatore Cristaudo;Olga Hernández

  • Direct projections from cochlear nuclear complex to auditory thalamus in the rat.

    Manuel S. Malmierca;Miguel A. Merchán;Craig K. Henkel;Douglas L. Oliver

  • Topographic Distribution of Stimulus-Specific Adaptation across Auditory Cortical Fields in the Anesthetized Rat.

    Javier Nieto-Diego;Manuel S. Malmierca

  • The auditory novelty system: An attempt to integrate human and animal research

    Carles Escera;Manuel S. Malmierca

  • The inferior colliculus of the rat: quantitative immunocytochemical study of GABA and glycine.

    M. Merchán;L.A. Aguilar;E.A. Lopez-Poveda;M.S. Malmierca

  • The cytoarchitecture of the inferior colliculus revisited: a common organization of the lateral cortex in rat and cat.

    William C. Loftus;Manuel S. Malmierca;Deborah C. Bishop;Douglas L. Oliver

  • Effect of Auditory Cortex Deactivation on Stimulus-Specific Adaptation in the Medial Geniculate Body

    Flora M. Antunes;Manuel S. Malmierca

  • The effect of auditory cortex deactivation on stimulus-specific adaptation in the inferior colliculus of the rat.

    L. A. Anderson;M. S. Malmierca

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Rees
Adrian Rees Newcastle University
Ellen Covey
Ellen Covey University of Washington
Douglas L. Oliver
Douglas L. Oliver University of Connecticut Health Center
Jan G. Bjaalie
Jan G. Bjaalie University of Oslo
Patricia T. Michie
Patricia T. Michie University of Newcastle Australia
Carles Escera
Carles Escera University of Barcelona
Dexter R. F. Irvine
Dexter R. F. Irvine Monash University
Dora E. Angelaki
Dora E. Angelaki New York University
Mayank B. Dutia
Mayank B. Dutia University of Edinburgh
Juanita Todd
Juanita Todd University of Newcastle Australia

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