Adrian Rodriguez-Contreras

Dr. Rodriguez-Contreras is interested in understanding how the structure and function of the brain change during development. He uses a combination of anatomical, electrophysiological and optical techniques to study the development of auditory brainstem circuits involved in sound localization.

Biology 35400 - Introduction to Neurobiology (Fall)
Biology 45400 - Sensory Perception (Spring)

Tritsch NX, Rodríguez-Contreras A, Crins TT, Wang HC, Borst JG, Bergles DE. 2010. Calcium action potentials in hair cells pattern auditory neuron activity before hearing onset. Nat Neurosci 13:1050-1052.

McBride TJ, Rodríguez-Contreras A, Trinh A, Bailey R, DeBello WM. 2008. Learning drives differential clustering of axodendritic contacts in the barn owl auditory system. J Neurosci. 28(27):6960-6973.

Rodríguez-Contreras A, van Hoeve JS, Habets RL, Locher H, Borst JGG. 2008. Dynamic development of the calyx of Held synapse. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(14):5603-5608.

Rodríguez-Contreras A, de Lange RP, Lucassen PJ, Borst JGG. 2006. Branching of calyceal afferents during postnatal development in the rat auditory brainstem. J Comp Neurol. 496(2):214-228.

Rodríguez-Contreras A, Liu XB, DeBello WM. 2005. Axodendritic contacts onto calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II-expressing neurons in the barn owl auditory space map. J Neurosci. 25(23):5611-5622.