Mamiko Niwa

This study investigates how different jerk characteristics affect peripheral and central vestibular pathways in rats, revealing distinct plasticity patterns in their responses to mechanical vestibular load.

The paper shows that opponent coding in auditory belt cortex improves amplitude-modulated noise detection through specific pooling methods.

The paper applies wavelet transform to single-trial VsEP data to quantify noise-induced changes in signal detectability and temporal precision in rats.

This study shows that noise exposure reduces CR+ calyces and alters head stability and orientation in rats, correlating with changes in VsEP amplitudes and behavioral responses.

The paper analyzes multiphasic EPSCs in rat auditory nerve fibers to determine the nature of synaptic release, finding that charge is similar between monophasic and multiphasic events, amplitudes decline with release events, and serial release properties are not fully explained by existing models.

This study compares how neurons in primary and middle lateral auditory cortex of macaques encode amplitude modulation, finding differences in phase locking and firing rate responses.