Ara Schorscher-Petcu

This paper demonstrates that direct optogenetic activation of inner hair cells improves the dynamic range and temporal fidelity of auditory encoding compared to electrical stimulation.

The paper shows that somatosensory cortex reorganizes its stimulus-state geometry during inflammatory pain to support adaptive protective responses.

This paper introduces a system for precise cutaneous stimulation of freely moving mice during natural behaviors, showing that stimuli applied during motion rapidly modify behavior.

This paper uses optogenetic stimulation to precisely control somatosensory input in mice and maps how specific nociceptive stimuli elicit behavioral responses.