Yuliping

My research interest focuses on how the brain codes and integrates sensory information of different modalities (visual, auditory, tactile) and how combined multisensory signal is transferred to the high-order perception and/or motion commanding. My other research target is to explore underlying mechanisms of some brain diseases such as autism, sensory deficits, sensory-motor disorder, etc. The present research project is studying how the brain coordinates cortical and subcortical regions to facilitate the multisensory process of superior colliculus.

Publications

Yu, L., Rowland, B.A., Xu, J. & Stein, B.E. （2013）Multisensory plasticity in adulthood: cross-modal experience enhances neuronal excitability and exposes silent inputs. J Neurophysiol, 109, 464-474.

Xu J, Yu L, Rowland BA, Stanford TR and Stein BE (2012) Incorporating cross-modal statistics in the development and maintenance of multisensory integration. J. Neurosci. 30:4904-4913.

Yu L, Rowland BA, Stein BE (2010) Initiating the development of multisensory integration by manipulating sensory experience. J. Neurosci. 30:4904-4913.

Xu J, Yu L, Zhang J, Cai R, Sun X (2010) Early continuous white noise exposure alters l-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptor subunit glutamate receptor 2 and gamma-aminobutyric acid type a receptor subunit beta3 protein expression in rat auditory cortex. J. Neurosci. Res. 88:614-619.

Yu L, Stein BE, Rowland BA (2009) Adult plasticity in multisensory neurons: short-term experience-dependent changes in the superior colliculus. J. Neurosci. 29:15910-15922.

Xu J*, Yu L*, Cai R, Zhang J, Sun X (2009) Early auditory enrichment with music enhances auditory discrimination learning and alters NR2B protein expression in rat auditory cortex. Behav. Brain Res. 196:49-54. (Co-first author).

Xu J, Yu L, Cai R, Zhang J, Sun X (2009) Early continuous white noise exposure alters auditory spatial sensitivity and expression of GAD65 and GABAA receptor subunits in rat auditory cortex. Cereb. Cortex 20:804-812.

Yu L, Wang X, Li X, Zhang J, Sun X (2006) The auditory-visual multisensory neurons and auditory-visual information integration in rat cortex, in Prog. Biochem. Biophys. 33(7):677-684

Stein BE, Burr D, Constantinidis C, Laurienti PJ, Meredith MA, Perrault TJ Jr, Ramachandran R, Roder B, Rowland BA, Stanford TR, Wallace MT, Yu L, Lewkowicz DJ. Semantic confusion regarding the development of multisensory integration: a practical solution. Eur. J. Neurosci. 2010; 31(10):1713-1720.

Yu, L., Xu, J. Rowland, B.A., & Stein, B.E. （2013）Development of cortical influences on superior colliculus multisensory neurons: Effects of dark-rearing. Eur. J. Neurosci. 1011:1–8.