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Technical University of Munich

Neuroimaging

The Focus Group Neuroimaging consists of Hans Fischer Senior Fellow Prof. Josef P. Rauschecker (Georgetown University Medical Center) and host Prof. Bernhard Hemmer (Neurology Clinic, TUM/“Rechts der Isar” hospital) in close collaboration with the Neuroimaging Center at TUM (TUM-NIC). The group intended to investigate the neural mechanisms of cognitive control in brain plasticity by using high-resolution neuroimaging techniques, including functional fMRI and PET, as well as network analysis using functional connectivity studies. As a result of our studies, we hope to clarify the central origins of a variety of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, including chronic pain, tinnitus, Parkinson’s disease, and depression, and develop more effective treatments for these disorders.

 

Publications by the Focus Group

2019

  • Anurova, Irina; Carlson, Synnöve; Rauschecker, Josef P: Overlapping Anatomical Networks Convey Cross-Modal Suppression in the Sighted and Coactivation of “Visual” and Auditory Cortex in the Blind. Cerebral Cortex, 2019 more…

2018

  • Green, Brannon; Jääskeläinen, Iiro P.; Sams, Mikko; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Distinct brain areas process novel and repeating tone sequences. Brain and Language 187, 2018, 104-114 more…
  • Jiang, Xiong; Chevillet, Mark A.; Rauschecker, Josef P.; Riesenhuber, Maximilian: Training Humans to Categorize Monkey Calls: Auditory Feature- and Category-Selective Neural Tuning Changes. Neuron 98 (2), 2018, 405-416.e4 more…
  • Rauschecker, Josef P: Where did language come from? Precursor mechanisms in nonhuman primates. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 21, 2018, 195-204 more…
  • Rauschecker, Josef P.: Where, When, and How: Are they all sensorimotor? Towards a unified view of the dorsal pathway in vision and audition. Cortex 98, 2018, 262-268 more…
  • van der Heijden, Kiki; Rauschecker, Josef P.; Formisano, Elia; Valente, Giancarlo; de Gelder, Beatrice: Active Sound Localization Sharpens Spatial Tuning in Human Primary Auditory Cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience 38 (40), 2018, 8574-8587 more…

2017

  • Ortiz-Rios, Michael; Azevedo, Frederico A.C.; Kuśmierek, Paweł; Balla, Dávid Z.; Munk, Matthias H.; Keliris, Georgios A.; Logothetis, Nikos K.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Widespread and Opponent fMRI Signals Represent Sound Location in Macaque Auditory Cortex. Neuron 93 (4), 2017, 971-983.e4 more…
  • Probst, Thomas; Pryss, Rüdiger C.; Langguth, Berthold; Rauschecker, Josef P.; Schobel, Johannes; Reichert, Manfred; Spiliopoulou, Myra; Schlee, Winfried; Zimmermann, Johannes: Does Tinnitus Depend on Time-of-Day? An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study with the “TrackYourTinnitus” Application. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 9, 2017 more…
  • Ramsier, Marissa A.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Primate Audition: Reception, Perception, and Ecology. In: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Springer International Publishing, 2017 more…
  • Rauschecker, J.P.: The Evolution of Auditory Cortex in Humans. In: Evolution of Nervous Systems. Elsevier, 2017 more…
  • Rauschecker, Josef: Dual stream models of auditory vocal communication. In: S. Frühholz and P. Belin (Ed.): Oxford Handbook of Voice Perception. Oxford University Press, 2017 more…

2016

  • Alho, Jussi; Green, Brannon M.; May, Patrick J.C.; Sams, Mikko; Tiitinen, Hannu; Rauschecker, Josef P.; Jääskeläinen, Iiro P.: Early-latency categorical speech sound representations in the left inferior frontal gyrus. NeuroImage 129, 2016, 214-223 more…
  • DeWitt, Iain; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Convergent evidence for the causal involvement of anterior superior temporal gyrus in auditory single-word comprehension. Cortex 77, 2016, 164-166 more…
  • Erickson, Laura C.; Rauschecker, Josef P.; Turkeltaub, Peter E.: Meta-analytic connectivity modeling of the human superior temporal sulcus. Brain Structure and Function 222 (1), 2016, 267-285 more…
  • Leaver, A. M.; Rauschecker, J. P.: Functional Topography of Human Auditory Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 36 (4), 2016, 1416-1428 more…
  • Leaver, Amber M.; Seydell-Greenwald, Anna; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Auditory–limbic interactions in chronic tinnitus: Challenges for neuroimaging research. Hearing Research 334, 2016, 49-57 more…
  • Leaver, Amber M.; Turesky, Ted K.; Seydell-Greenwald, Anna; Morgan, Susan; Kim, Hung J.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Intrinsic network activity in tinnitus investigated using functional MRI. Human Brain Mapping 37 (8), 2016, 2717-2735 more…

2015

  • Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Ina; Schlesewsky, Matthias; Small, Steven L.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Neurobiological roots of language in primate audition: common computational properties. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 19 (3), 2015, 142-150 more…
  • Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Ina; Schlesewsky, Matthias; Small, Steven L.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Response to Skeide and Friederici: the myth of the uniquely human ‘direct’ dorsal pathway. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 19 (9), 2015, 484-485 more…
  • Boucard, Christine C.; Rauschecker, Josef P.; Neufang, Susanne; Berthele, Achim; Doll, Anselm; Manoliu, Andrej; Riedl, Valentin; Sorg, Christian; Wohlschläger, Afra; Mühlau, Mark: Visual imagery and functional connectivity in blindness: a single-case study. Brain Structure and Function 221 (4), 2015, 2367-2374 more…
  • Ortiz-Rios, Michael; KuÅ›mierek, PaweÅ‚; DeWitt, Iain; Archakov, Denis; Azevedo, Frederico A. C.; Sams, Mikko; Jääskeläinen, Iiro P.; Keliris, Georgios A.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Functional MRI of the vocalization-processing network in the macaque brain. Frontiers in Neuroscience 9, 2015 more…
  • Ortiz-Rios, Michael; KuÅ›mierek, PaweÅ‚; DeWitt, Iain; Archakov, Denis; Azevedo, Frederico A. C.; Sams, Mikko; Jääskeläinen, Iiro P.; Keliris, Georgios A.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Functional MRI of the vocalization-processing network in the macaque brain. Frontiers in Neuroscience 9, 2015 more…
  • Petkov, Christopher I.; Kikuchi, Yukiko; Milne, Alice E.; Mishkin, Mortimer; Rauschecker, Josef P.; Logothetis, Nikos K.: Different forms of effective connectivity in primate frontotemporal pathways. Nature Communications 6, 2015, 6000 more…
  • Rauschecker, Josef P.: Auditory and visual cortex of primates: a comparison of two sensory systems. European Journal of Neuroscience 41 (5), 2015, 579-585 more…
  • Rauschecker, Josef P.; May, Elisabeth S.; Maudoux, Audrey; Ploner, Markus: Frontostriatal Gating of Tinnitus and Chronic Pain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 19 (10), 2015, 567-578 more…
  • Rauschecker, Josef P.; May, Elisabeth S.; Maudoux, Audrey; Ploner, Markus: Frontostriatal Gating of Tinnitus and Chronic Pain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 19 (10), 2015, 567-578 more…
  • Riedl, Valentin; Utz, Lukas; Castrillón, Gabriel; Grimmer, Timo; Rauschecker, Josef P.; Ploner, Markus; Friston, Karl J.; Drzezga, Alexander; Sorg, Christian: Metabolic connectivity mapping reveals effective connectivity in the resting human brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (2), 2015, 428-433 more…

2014

  • Anurova, Irina; Renier, Laurent A.; De Volder, Anne G.; Carlson, Synnöve; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Relationship Between Cortical Thickness and Functional Activation in the Early Blind. Cerebral Cortex 25 (8), 2014, 2035-2048 more…
  • Erickson, Laura C.; Heeg, Elizabeth; Rauschecker, Josef P.; Turkeltaub, Peter E.: An ALE meta-analysis on the audiovisual integration of speech signals. Human Brain Mapping 35 (11), 2014, 5587-5605 more…
  • Erickson, Laura C.; Zielinski, Brandon A.; Zielinski, Jennifer E. V.; Liu, Guoying; Turkeltaub, Peter E.; Leaver, Amber M.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Distinct cortical locations for integration of audiovisual speech and the McGurk effect. Frontiers in Psychology 5, 2014 more…
  • L. Utz: Energetic costs of global functional connectivity in the human brain. TUM-NIC Symposium, 2014 more…
  • L. Utz: Energetic costs of global functional connectivity in the human brain. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2014 more…
  • L. Utz: Energetic costs of global functional connectivity in the human brain. TUM-NIC Colloquium, 2014 more…
  • Rauschecker, Josef P.: Is there a tape recorder in your head? How the brain stores and retrieves musical melodies. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 8, 2014 more…
  • Renier, Laurent; De Volder, Anne G.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Cortical plasticity and preserved function in early blindness. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 41, 2014, 53-63 more…
  • Seydell-Greenwald, Anna; Raven, Erika P.; Leaver, Amber M.; Turesky, Ted K.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Diffusion Imaging of Auditory and Auditory-Limbic Connectivity in Tinnitus: Preliminary Evidence and Methodological Challenges. Neural Plasticity 2014, 2014, 1-16 more…

2013

  • Seydell-Greenwald, Anna; Greenberg, Adam S.; Rauschecker, Josef P.: Are you listening? Brain activation associated with sustained nonspatial auditory attention in the presence and absence of stimulation. Human Brain Mapping 35 (5), 2013, 2233-2252 more…
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