Glial cells perform paramount functions within the nervous system, closely monitoring and regulating neurons. Indispensable roles for glia have been elucidated in most as [...]

The descending pain modulatory pathway exerts bidirectional control of ongoing nociceptive inputs traveling from the body to the brain. Despite a large body of work impli [...]

The medial olivocochlear (MOC) system aids in the prevention of age- and noise-induced hearing loss, and enhances the detection of salient sound in diverse sensory enviro [...]

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects millions of people each year and is heavily influenced by social networks. On the other hand, social networks are dramatically influenc [...]

The world is full of sound—often in the form of noisy, acoustically cluttered environments—that we must make sense of. Noise vying for our attention overlaps with the sou [...]

We live in a world filled with nearly constant tactile stimuli, and our perceptions of and responses to these stimuli shape our many interactions. Processing the incredib [...]

During animal development, nervous systems over-wire and then refine to shape precise neuronal circuitry. This developmental neuronal remodeling, observed across evolutio [...]

The overall focus of my doctoral research was to characterize how sensory and behavioral context affect how the auditory brain perceives and interprets sound.