FacultyZoltan M. Fuzessery

Graduate Neuroscience Program

Publications

Research

Neuroethological approach to information processing in the vertebrate auditory system, using behavioral, psychophysical, neurophysiological and neuroanatomical approaches to unravel the neural substrates for sound localization, echolocation and recognition of communication signals. Current research focuses on parallel information processing in the central auditory system of the pallid bat, a species that uses both echolocation and passive hearing to detect and locate prey.

 

 

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Teaching

Zoology 3600 Principles of Animal Behavior
Zoology 4290 Neural Mechanisms Underlying Animal Behavior
Zoology 5685 Neurophysiology

Selected Publications

• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2010). Development of parallel auditory thalamocortical pathways for two different behaviors. Frontiers in Neuroanat 4(134): 1-7. abstract full text pdf
• Williams AJ, Fuzessery ZM (2010). Facilitatory mechanisms shape selectivity for the rate and direction of FM sweeps in the inferior colliculus of the pallid bat. J Neurophysiol 104: 1456-1471 . abstract full text pdf
• Fuzessery ZM, Razak KA, Williams AJ (2010). Multiple mechanisms shape selectivity for FM sweep rate and direction in the pallid bat auditory cortex. J Comp Physiol A 7/2/10: 1-9 . abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2010). GABA shapes a systemic map of binaural sensitivity in the auditory cortex. J Neurophysiol 104: 517-528. abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2010). Experience-dependent development of vocalization selectivity in the auditory cortex. J Acoust Soc Am 128(3): 1446-1451. abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM, Pallas SL (2010). Developmental plasticity of inhibitory receptive field properties in the auditory and visual systems. In Developmental Plasticity of Inhibitory Circuitry, Sarah L. Pallas, ed. Springer USA. abstract introduction
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2009). GABA shapes selectivity for the rate and direction of frequency-modulated sweeps in the auditory cortex. J Neurophysiol 102: 1366-1378. abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Zumsteg T, Fuzessery ZM (2009). Development of Auditory Thalamocortical Connections in the Pallid Bat, Antrozous pallidus. J Comp Neurol 515(2): 231-242. abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2008). Facilitatory Mechanisms Underlying Selectivity for the Direction and Rate of Frequency Modulated Sweeps in the Auditory Cortex. J Neurosci 28(39): 9806-9816. abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Richardson MD, Fuzessery ZM (2008). Experience is required for the maintenance and refinement of FM sweep selectivity in the developing auditory cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105(11): 4465-4470. abstract full text pdf supplementary info pdf
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2007). Development of functional organization of the pallid bat auditory cortex. Hear Res 228: 69-81. abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2007). Development of inhibitory mechanisms underlying selectivity for the rate and direction of frequency-modulated sweeps in the auditory cortex. J Neurosci 27(7): 1769-1781. abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Shen W, Zumsteg T, Fuzessery ZM (2007). Parallel thalamocortical pathways for echolocation and passive soung localization in a gleaning bat, Antrozous pallidus. J Comp Neurol 500: 322-338. abstract full text pdf
• Fuzessery ZM, Richardson MD, Coburn MS (2006). Neural mechanisms underlying selectivity for the rate and direction of frequency-modulated sweeps in the inferior colliculus of the pallid bat. J Neurophysiol 96: 1320-1336. abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2006). Neural mechanisms underlying selectivity for the rate and direction of frequency-modulated sweeps in the auditory cortex of the pallid bat. J Neurophysiol 96: 1303-1319. abstract full text pdf
• Barber JR, Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2003). Can two streams of auditory information be processed simultaneously? Evidence from the gleaning bat Antrozous pallidus. J Comp Physiol A 189: 843-855. abstract full text pdf
• Marsh RA, Fuzessery ZM, Grose CD, Wenstrup JJ (2002). Projection to the inferior colliculus from the basal nucleus of the amygdala. J Neurosci 22(23): 10449-10460. abstract full text pdf
• Fuzessery ZM, Wenstrup JJ, Hall JC, Leroy S (2002). Inhibition has little effect on response latencies in the inferior colliculus. JARO 04: 60-73. abstract full text pdf
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2002). Functional organization of the pallid bat auditory cortex: emphasis on binaural organization. J Neurophysiol 87: 72-86. abstract
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2000). A systematic representation of interaural intensity difference in the auditory cortex of the pallid bat. NeuroReport 11:2919-2924. abstract
• Lohuis TD, Fuzessery ZM (2000). Neuronal sensitivity to interaural time differences in the sound envelope in the auditory cortex of the pallid bat. Hear Res 00:1-15. abstract
• Fuzessery ZM, Hall JC (1999). Sound duration selectivity in the pallid bat inferior colliculus. Hear Res 137: 137-154. abstract
• Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM, Lohuis TD (1999). Single cortical neurons serve both echolocation and passive sound localization. J Neurophysiol 81: 1438-1442. abstract
• Fuzessery ZM (1997). Acute sensitivity to interaural time differences in the inferior colliculus of a bat that relies of passive sound localization. Hear Res. 109:46-62. abstract
• Fuzessery ZM , Hall JC (1996). The role of GABA in shaping frequency tuning and selectivity for FM sweep direction in the inferior colliculus. J Neurophysiol 76:1059-1073. abstract
• Fuzessery ZM (1996). Monaural and binaural spectral cues created by the external ears of the pallid bat. Hear Res. 95:1-17. abstract
• Fuzessery ZM (1994). Response selectivity for multiple dimensions of frequency sweeps in the pallid bat inferior colliculus. J Neurophysiol 72:1061-1079. abstract
• Fuzessery ZM, Buttenhoff P, Andrews B, Kennedy, JM ( 1993). Passive sound localization of prey by the pallid bat (Antrozous p. pallidus). J Comp Physiol 171:767-777. abstract
• Fuzessery ZM , Hartley DJ, Wenstrup JJ (1992). Spatial processing within the mustache bat echolocation system: possible mechanisms for optimization. J Comp Physiol 170:57-71.
• Fuzessery ZM, Wenstrup JJ, Pollak GD (1990). Binaural response properties and spatial tuning of binaurally excited neurons in an isofrequency region of the mustache bat inferior colliculus . J Neurophysiol 63:1128-1147.
• Fuzessery ZM (1988). "Frequency selectivity in the frog central auditory system". In The Evolution of the Amphibian Auditory System, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Fuzessery ZM, Pollak GD (1985). Determinants of sound location selectivity in the bat inferior colliculus: a combined free-field and dichotic stimulation study. J Neurophysiol 54:59-83.
• Fuzessery ZM, Pollak GD (1984). Neural correlates of sound localization in an echolocating bat. Science 225:725-728.
• Fuzessery ZM, Feng AS (1983). Mating call selectivity in the thalamus and midbrain of the leopard frog (Rana p. pipiens): single and multiunit responses. J Comp Physiol 150:333-344.