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Overview

Ramesh Rajan is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their scholarly work encompasses 16 publications in Neuroscience and 7 in Medicine, reflecting a strong interdisciplinary approach to brain and health sciences.

The scientist's subfields of study include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Signal Processing
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Spectroscopy
  • Speech and Hearing

Rajan's research covers a range of topics with particular attention to:

  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Speech and Audio Processing
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Trace Elements in Health

The scientist has contributed to notable journals and publication venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Neuroscience (2 publications)
  • Cortex (2 publications)
  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (1 publication)
  • The Analyst (1 publication)
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports (1 publication)

Rajan has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, demonstrating sustained research partnerships with:

  • Pippa Iva
  • Branislava Godic
  • Russell L. Martin
  • Joanne Fielding
  • Meaghan Clough

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Rajan include:

  • A Review of ex vivo Elemental Mapping Methods to Directly Image Changes in the Homeostasis of Diffusible Ions (Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cl-) Within Brain Tissue, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Speech discrimination impairments as a marker of disease severity in multiple sclerosis, 2020, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Imaging lipophilic regions in rodent brain tissue with halogenated BODIPY probes, 2020, The Analyst
  • Speech Discrimination Tasks: A Sensitive Sensory and Cognitive Measure in Early and Mild Multiple Sclerosis, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Normative Data for Single-Letter Controlled Oral Word Association Test in Older White Australians and Americans, African-Americans, and Hispanic/Latinos, 2023, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports

Best Publications

  • Effect of unilateral partial cochlear lesions in adult cats on the representation of lesioned and unlesioned cochleas in primary auditory cortex

    R. Rajan;D. R. F. Irvine;Lisa Z. Wise;P. Heil

  • Chronic pancreatitis. A prospective nationwide study of 1,086 subjects from India.

    Vallath Balakrishnan;Ambika Gopalakrishnan Unnikrishnan;Varghese Thomas;Gourdas Choudhuri

  • Cortical reorganization in patients with high frequency cochlear hearing loss

    Volker Dietrich;Matthias Nieschalk;Wolfgang Stoll;Ramesh Rajan

  • Effect of electrical stimulation of the crossed olivocochlear bundle on temporary threshold shifts in auditory sensitivity. I. Dependence on electrical stimulation parameters.

    R. Rajan

  • Receptor organ damage causes loss of cortical surround inhibition without topographic map plasticity

    R. Rajan

  • Sensitivity of neurons in cat primary auditory cortex to tones and frequency-modulated stimuli. II: Organization of response properties along the 'isofrequency' dimension.

    Peter Heil;R. Rajan;Dexter R.F. Irvine

  • Azimuthal sensitivity of neurons in primary auditory cortex of cats. I. Types of sensitivity and the effects of variations in stimulus parameters

    R. Rajan;L. M. Aitkin;D. R. F. Irvine;J. Mckay

  • Topographic representation of tone intensity along the isofrequency axis of cat primary auditory cortex

    Peter Heil;R. Rajan;D.R.F. Irvine

  • Environmental enrichment and the sensory brain: the role of enrichment in remediating brain injury.

    Duwage Dasuni S Alwis;Ramesh Rajan

  • Neuronal Responses across Cortical Field A1 in Plasticity Induced by Peripheral Auditory Organ Damage

    Ramesh Rajan;Dexter R F Irvine

  • Sensitivity of neurons in cat primary auditory cortex to tones and frequency-modulated stimuli. I: Effects of variation of stimulus parameters.

    Peter Heil;R. Rajan;Dexter R.F. Irvine

  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuronal Functionality Changes in Sensory Cortex.

    Simone F. Carron;Dasuni S. Alwis;Ramesh Rajan

  • Ageing without hearing loss or cognitive impairment causes a decrease in speech intelligibility only in informational maskers.

    Ramesh Rajan;Kathryn Elizabeth Cainer

  • Rapid changes in the frequency tuning of neurons in cat auditory cortex resulting from pure-tone-induced temporary threshold shift.

    M.B. Calford;R. Rajan;D.R.F. Irvine

  • Centrifugal pathways protect hearing sensitivity at the cochlea in noisy environments that exacerbate the damage induced by loud sound.

    Ramesh Rajan

  • SENSITIVITY TO INTERAURAL INTENSITY DIFFERENCES OF NEURONS IN PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX OF THE CAT. I: TYPES OF SENSITIVITY AND EFFECTS OF VARIATIONS IN SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL

    D. R. F. Irvine;R. Rajan;L. M. Aitkin

  • Azimuthal sensitivity of neurons in primary auditory cortex of cats. II. Organization along frequency-band strips.

    R. Rajan;L. M. Aitkin;D. R. F. Irvine

  • INJURY‐ AND USE‐RELATED PLASTICITY IN THE PRIMARY SENSORY CORTEX OF ADULT MAMMALS: POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP TO PERCEPTUAL LEARNING

    D. R. F. Irvine;R. Rajan

  • Effect of electrical stimulation of the crossed olivocochlear bundle on temporary threshold shifts in auditory sensitivity. II. Dependence on the level of temporary threshold shifts.

    R. Rajan

  • Electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculus at low rates protects the cochlea from auditory desensitization.

    R. Rajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Dexter R. F. Irvine
Dexter R. F. Irvine Monash University
Marcello G. P. Rosa
Marcello G. P. Rosa Monash University
Brian M. Johnstone
Brian M. Johnstone University of Western Australia
Arthur J. Lowery
Arthur J. Lowery Monash University
Peter R. Thorne
Peter R. Thorne University of Auckland
Peter Heil
Peter Heil Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Sandy R. Shultz
Sandy R. Shultz Monash University
Gary D. Housley
Gary D. Housley University of New South Wales
Robert Patuzzi
Robert Patuzzi University of Western Australia
Lindsay Aitkin
Lindsay Aitkin Monash University

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