Joji Tsunada

Tsunada实验室的长期目标是探寻有声交流（与其障碍）内在的行为机制和神经机制。有声交流对人类和很多动物都起着很重要的作用，包括群体凝聚以及社会联结。而人类在有声交流中表现出一个很关键的特点是-会根据交际的语境，历史的因素，会话的内容，以及参与到其中的演说者和听众，从而灵活地改变和控制言语。虽然对有声交流内在的行为机制和神经机制的研究已经有很长的历史，但是是什么样的行为机制和神经机制使得我们可以根据交流语境控制声音的互动方式依旧知之甚少。狨猴是一种具备高效有声交流能力的灵长类物种，我们将会用它来研究有声交流内在的行为和神经机制。更好的理解正常有声交流的机制可以帮助我们更好地理解为什么有心理失常（比如：精神分裂）或是发展失常（比如：自闭症谱系障碍）的病人无法正常地进行有声交流，然后从中发现新的治疗途径，从而提高他们的交流能力。

Research reports

1. Tsunada J., and Eliades S.J.* (2020) Dissociation of unit activity and gamma oscillations during vocalization in primate auditory cortex. Journal of Neuroscience

2. Tsunada J., Cohen Y.E.*, and Gold J.I. (2019) Post-decision processing in primate prefrontal cortex influences subsequent choices on an auditory decision-making task.eLIFE8(e46770)

3. Eliades S.J.* and Tsunada J. (2018) Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets. Nature Communications 9:2540

[selected as an F1000Prime paper by Dr. Alan Palmer and Dr. Christian John Sumner]

4. Tsunada J., Liu A.S., Gold J.I., and Cohen Y.E.* (2016) Causal contribution of primate auditory cortex to auditory perceptual decision-making. Nature Neuroscience 19(1):135-142

[selected as an F1000Prime paper by Dr. Andrew King]

5. Johnston J.M., Cohen Y.E., Shirley H., Tsunada J., Bennur S., Christison-Lagay K., and Veeder C.L.* (2016) Recent Refinements to Cranial Implants in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). Lab Animal 45(5):180-186

6. Liu A.S., Tsunada J., Gold J.I., and Cohen Y.E.* (2015) Temporal integration of auditory information is invariant to temporal grouping cues. eNeuro 2(2)

Lee J.H.*, Tsunada J., and Cohen Y.E. (2013) A model of the differential representation of signal novelty in the local field potentials and spiking activity of the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Neural computation 25(1):157-85.

7. Tsunada J.*, Lee J.H., and Cohen Y.E. (2012) Differential representation of auditory categories between cell classes in primate auditory cortex. Journal of Physiology 509(13):3129-39.

8. Tsunada J.*, and Sawaguchi T. (2012) Neuronal categorization and discrimination of social behaviors in primate prefrontal cortex. Plos One e52610.

9. Tsunada J.*, Baker A.E., Christison-Lagay K.L., Davis S.J., and Cohen Y.E. (2011) Modulation of cross-frequency coupling by novel and repeated stimuli in the primate ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Frontiers in Psychology 2:217.

10. Tsunada J., Lee J.H., and Cohen Y.E.* (2011) Representation of speech categories in the primate auditory cortex.Journal of Neurophysiology105(6):2634-46.

[Commentary by Steinschneider M. (2011) Unlocking the role of the superior temporal gyrus for speech sound categorization Journal of Neurophysiology 105(6):2631-3.]

Reviews

1. Cohen Y.E.*, Bennur S., Christison-Lagay K., Gifford A.M., and Tsunada J. (2016) Functional Organization of the Ventral Auditory Pathway.Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology894:381-8.

2. Tsunada J.*, and Cohen Y.E. (2014) Neural mechanisms of auditory categorization: from across brain areas to within local microcircuits.Frontiers in Neuroscience8:161.

3. Bennur S.†, Tsunada J.†, Cohen Y.E., and Liu R.C.* (2013) Understanding the neurophysiological basis of auditory abilities for social communication: A perspective on the value of ethological paradigms. Hearing Research 305:3-9.

4. Cohen Y.E.*, Lee J.H., Tsunada J., and Russ B.E. (2009) Auditory categories in the non-human primate. Handbook of Mammalian Vocalization.

*Corresponding author

† Equal contribution