• J. A. Miranda, K. N. Shepard and R. C. Liu, Adult plasticity in the early auditory pathway: A maternal mouse model (submitted).

Journal Publications in Neuroscience

• T. Ivanova, A. Matthews, C. Gross, R. C. Mappus, A. Swanson, G. J. Bassell and R. C. Liu (2011), Arc/Arg3.1 mRNA expression reveals a subcellular trace of prior sound exposure in adult primary auditory cortex, Neuroscience 181:117-126.
• K. N. Shepard and R. C. Liu (2011), Experience restores innate female preference for male ultrasonic vocalizations, Genes Brain Behavior 10:28-34.
• F. G. Lin and R. C. Liu (2010), Subset of thin spike cortical neurons preserve the peripheral encoding of stimulus onsets, Journal of Neurophysiology 104:3588-3599.
• E. E. Galindo-Leon and R. C. Liu (2010), Predicting stimulus-locked single unit spiking from cortical local field potentials, Journal of Computational Neuroscience 29:581-597.
• E. E. Galindo-Leon*, F. G. Lin* and R. C. Liu (2009), Inhibitory plasticity in a lateral band improves cortical detection of natural vocalizations, Neuron 62:705-716.
• J. A. Miranda and R. C. Liu (2009), Dissecting natural sensory plasticity: Hormones and experience in a maternal context, Hearing Research 252:20-27.
• R. C. Liu and C. E. Schreiner (2007), Auditory cortical detection and discrimination correlates with communicative significance, PLoS Biology 5: e173.
• R. C. Liu , J. F. Linden and C. E. Schreiner (2006), Improved cortical entrainment to infant communication calls in mothers compared to virgin mice, European Journal of Neuroscience 23: 3087-3097.
• R. C. Liu (2006), Prospective contributions of transgenic mouse models to central auditory research, Brain Research 1091:217-223.
• F. Strata, A. R. Delpolyi, B. H. Bonham, E. F. Chang, R. C. Liu, H. Nakahara and M. M. Merzenich (2005), Perinatal anoxia degrades auditory system function in rats, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102:19156-19161.
• R. C. Liu , K. D. Miller, M. M. Merzenich and C. E. Schreiner (2003), Acoustic variability and distinguishability among mouse ultrasound vocalizations, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 114:3412-3422.
• J. F. Linden, R. C. Liu, M. Sahani, C. E. Schreiner and M. M. Merzenich (2003), Spectrotemporal structure of receptive fields in areas AI and AAF of mouse auditory cortex, Journal of Neurophysiology 90:2660-2675.
• R. C. Liu , S. Tzonev, S. Rebrik and K. D. Miller (2001), Variability and information in a neural code of the cat lateral geniculate nucleus, Journal of Neurophysiology 86:2789-2806.

Book Chapters in Neuroscience

• R. C. Liu, Experience-dependent plasticity and the auditory cortex, in Neural Correlates of Auditory Cognition, ed. by Y. Cohen, R. R. Fay and A. N. Popper (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, New York, in press).
• K. N. Shepard, M. Kilgard and R. C. Liu, Inhibitory plasticity and auditory function, in Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity, ed. by M. A. Woodin and A. Maffei (Springer Science+Business Media, New York, 2011).

Selected Publications in Condensed Matter Physics

• W. D. Oliver, J. Kim, R. C. Liu and Y. Yamamoto (1999), Hanbury Brown and Twiss-type experiment with electrons, Science 284:299-301.
• R. C. Liu , B. Odom, Y. Yamamoto and S. Tarucha (1998), Quantum interference in electron collision, Nature 391:263-265.
• R. C. Liu and Y. Yamamoto (1995), Conductance dependent suppression of current partition noise in mesoscopic electron branching circuits, Physical Review B 210:37-42.
• R. C. Liu and Y. Yamamoto (1994), Nyquist noise in the transition from mesoscopic to macroscopic transport, Physical Review B 50:17411-17414.
• R. C. Liu and Y. Yamamoto (1994), Suppression of quantum partition noise in mesoscopic electron branching circuits, Physical Review B 49:10520-10532.