2024
Polley DB, Chambers AR. Auditory circuits: Watchmen of the sleeping brain. Current Biology. 2024 Oct 21;34(20):R924-R926.
Clayton K, McGill M, Awwad B, Stecyk KS, Kremer C, Skerleva D, Narayanan DP, Zhu J, Hancock KE, Kujawa SG, Kozin ED, Polley DB. Cortical determinants of loudness perception and auditory hypersensitivity. Preprint. bioRxiv. 2024.05.30.596691. clayton_etal_biorxiv.pdf
Clayton K, Stecyk K, Guo A, Chambers A, Chen K, Hancock K, Polley DB. Sound elicits stereotyped facial movements that provide a sensitive index of hearing abilities. Current Biology. 2024 Mar 6:S0960-9822(24)00239-2. clayton_etal_currbio2024.pdf
Kimchi EY, Burgos-Robles A, Matthews GA, Chakoma T, Patarino M, Weddington JC, Siciliano C, Yang W, Foutch S, Simons R, Fong M, Jing M, Li Y, Polley DB, Tye KM. Reward contingency gates selective cholinergic suppression of amygdala neurons. eLife;12:RP89093. elife-89093-v1.pdf
2023
Smith SS, Jahn KN, Sugai JA, Hancock K, Polley DB. The human pupil and face encode sound affect and provide objective signatures of tinnitus and auditory hypersensitivity disorders. Preprint. bioRxiv. 2023.12.22.571929. smithetal_biorxiv.pdf
Asokan MM, Watanabe Y, Kimchi EY, Polley DB. Potentiated cholinergic and corticofugal inputs support reorganized sensory processing in the basolateral amygdala during auditory threat acquisition and retrieval. Cell Rep. 2023 Oct 31;42(10):113167. asokan_et_al_cellrep_2023.pdf
McGill M, Kremer C, Stecyk K, Clayton K, Skerlava D, Hancock K, Kujawa S, Polley DB. Cortical contributions to the perception of loudness and hyperacusis. Preprint. bioRxiv. 2023.03.24.534013.
Jahn KN, Polley DB. Asymmetric hearing thresholds are associated with hyperacusis in a large clinical population [published online ahead of print, 2023 Jul 15]. Hear Res. 2023;437:108854.
Asokan MM, Polley DB. New revelations from the zone of uncertainty. Neuron. 2023;111(5):601-603.
McHaney JR, Hancock KE, Polley DB, Parthasarathy A. Sensory representations and pupil-indexed listening effort provide complementary contributions to multi-talker speech intelligibility. Preprint. bioRxiv. 2023.08.13.553131. 2023.08.13.553131v1.full.pdf
2022
McGill M, Hight AE, Watanabe YL, et al. Neural signatures of auditory hypersensitivity following acoustic trauma. Elife. 2022;11:e80015. mcgill_et_al_elife_2022.pdf
Smalt CJ, Sugai JA, Koops EA, Jahn KN, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Automatic identification of tinnitus malingering based on overt and covert behavioral responses during psychoacoustic testing. NPJ Digit Med. 2022;5(1):127. smalt_et_al_njp_2022.pdf
Grant KJ, Parthasarathy A, Vasilkov V, Caswell-Midwinter B, Freitas M, Gruttola V, Polley DB, Liberman MC, Maison S . Predicting neural deficits in sensorineural hearing loss from word recognition scores. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):8929. grant_et_al_2022_sci_rep.pdf
Jahn KN, Hancock KE, Maison SF, Polley DB. Estimated cochlear neural degeneration is associated with loudness hypersensitivity in individuals with normal audiograms. JASA Express Lett. 2022;2(6):064403. jahn_et_al_2022_JASA.pdf
Polley DB, Schiller D. The promise of low-tech intervention in a high-tech era: Remodeling pathological brain circuits using behavioral reverse engineering. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022;137 (104652). polleyschiller2022.pdf
2021
Robert B, Kimchi EY, Watanabe Y, Chakoma T, Jing M, Li Y, Polley DB. A functional topography within the cholinergic basal forebrain for encoding sensory cues and behavioral reinforcement outcomes. Elife. 2021;109 :e69514. elife-69514-v2-2.pdf
Clayton KK, Asokan MM, Watanabe Y, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Behavioral Approaches to Study Top-Down Influences on Active Listening. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2021;15. fnins-15-666627.pdf
Asokan MM, Williamson RS, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Inverted central auditory hierarchies for encoding local intervals and global temporal patterns. Current Biology. 2021;31 (8) :1762-1770. e4. asokan_current_biology_main_and_si.pdf
Resnik J, Polley DB. Cochlear neural degeneration disrupts hearing in background noise by increasing auditory cortex internal noise. Neuron. 2021;109 (6) :984-996. e4. resnik_and_polley_neuron_2021.pdf
Clayton KK, Williamson RS, Hancock KE, Tasaka G-I, Mizrahi A, Hacket TA, Polley DB. Auditory Corticothalamic Neurons are Recruited by Motor Preparatory Inputs. Current Biology. 2021;31 (2) :310-321. e5. clayton_et_al_curr_biol_2020.pdf
2020
Chen JX, Whitton JP, Parathasarathy A, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Fluctuations in Subjective Tinnitus Ratings Over Time: Implications for Clinical Research. Otology & Neurotology. 2020;41 (9) :e1167-e1173. published_version_-_fluctuations_in_subjective_tinnitus_ratings_over_time_implications_for_clinical_research.pdf
Parthasarathy A, Pinto SR, Lewis RM, Goedicke W, Polley DB. Data-driven segmentation of audiometric phenotypes across a large clinical cohort. Scientific Reports. 2020;10 (6704) :1-12. parthasarathy_et_al_2020_scirep.pdf
Lewis RM, Jahn KN, Parthasarathy A, Goedicke WB, Polley DB. Audiometric Predictors of Bothersome Tinnitus in a Large Clinical Cohort of Adults With Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Otology Neurotology. 2020;41 (4) :414-421. lewis_jahn_et_al_2020_otolneurotol.pdf
Parthasarathy A, Hancock KE, Bennett K, DeGruttola V, Polley DB. Bottom-up and top-down neural signatures of disordered multi-talker speech perception in adults with normal hearing. eLife. 2020;9 :1-21. parthasarathy_et_al_2020_elife.pdf
2019
Vila CH, Williamson RS, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Optimizing optogenetic stimulation protocols in auditory corticofugal neurons based on closed-loop spike feedback. Journal of Neural Engineering. 2019;16 :1-13. vila_et_al_2019_neural_eng.pdf
Romero S, Hight AE, Clayton KK, Resnik J, Williamson RS, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Cellular and Widefield Imaging of Sound Frequency Organization in Primary and Higher Order Fields of the Mouse Auditory Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 2019 :1-20. romero_hight_et_al_2019_cerebralcortex.pdf
Guo W, Robert B, Polley DB. The Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Links Auditory Stimuli with Delayed Reinforcement to Support Learning. Neuron. 2019;103 :1164-1177. guo_et_al_2019_neuron.pdf guo_2019_preview.pdf
Williamson RS, Polley DB. Parallel pathways for sound processing and functional connectivity among layer 5 and 6 auditory corticofugal neurons. eLife . 2019;8 :1-21. williamson_et_al_2019_elife.pdf
Nist-Lund CA, Pan B, Patterson A, Asai Y, Chen T, Zhou W, Zhu H, Romero S, Resnik J, Polley DB, et al. Improved TMC1 gene therapy restores hearing and balance in mice with genetic inner ear disorders. Nature Communications. 2019;10 (236) :1-14. nist-lund_et_al_2019.pdf nist-lund_et_al_2019_supplement.pdf
2018
Balaram P, Hackett TA, Polley DB. Synergistic Transcriptional Changes in AMPA and GABAA Receptor Genes Support Compensatory Plasticity Following Unilateral Hearing Loss. Neuroscience. 2018 :1-12. balaram_et_al_neuroscience_2018.pdf
Asokan MM, Williamson RS, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Sensory overamplification in layer 5 auditory corticofugal projection neurons following cochlear nerve synaptic damage. Nature Communications. 2018;9 (2468) :1-10. asokan_et_al_naturecommunications_2018.pdf
Gao X, Tao Y, et al. Treatment of autosomal dominant hearing loss by in vivo delivery of genome editing agents. Nature. 2018;553 (7687) :217-221. nature25164.pdf