Selected Publications:

• Lu, Z., Xu, Z., and Buchser, W. J.   Frequency response properties of saccular afferents in the sleeper goby, Dormitator latifrons (in prep).
  
  
• Tomchik, S.M. and Lu, Z.  (2006)  Modulation of auditory signal-to-noise ratio by efferent stimulation. J. Neurophysiol. doi:10.1152/jn.00063.2006.
  
  
• Tomchik, S.M. and Lu, Z. (2006)   Anatomy and physiology of octavolateral efferent neurons in a teleost fish. J. Comp. Physiol. A 192: 51-67.
  
  
• Tomchik, S.M. and Lu, Z. (2005)   Central projections of octavolateral nerves and organization of medullary octavolateral nuclei in the sleeper goby, Dormitator latifrons.  J. Comp. Neurol. 481: 96-117.
  
  
• Lu, Z., Xu, Z., and Buchser, W. J. (2004)  Coding of acoustic particle motion by utricular afferents of the sleeper goby, Dormitator latifrons.   J. Comp. Physiol. A 190: 923-938.
  
  
• Lu, Z. (2004)   Neural mechanisms of hearing in fishes.   In: von der Emde, G., Mogdans J., Kapoor, B.G. (eds). The senses of fishes: Adaptations for the reception of natural stimuli.  Narosa Publishing House: New Delhi, India, pp 147-172.
  
  
• Lu, Z., Xu, Z., and Buchser, W. J. (2003)   Acoustic response properties of lagenar nerve fibers of a teleost fish.   J. Comp. Physiol. A 189: 889-905.
  
  
• Lu, Z. and Tomchik, S.M. (2002)   Effects of a red tide toxin on hearing in fish.   J. Comp. Physiol. A. 188: 807-813.
  
  
• Lu, Z. and Xu, Z. (2002)   Effects of removal of saccular otoliths on hearing sensitivity in the sleeper goby (Dormitator latifrons).   J. Comp. Physiol. A 188: 595-602.
  
  
• Lu, Z., Xu Z., and Stadler, J.H. (2002)   Roles of the saccule in directional hearing.   Bioacoustics 12: 205-207
  
  
• Lu, Z. and Popper, A. N. (2001)   Neural response directionality correlates of hair cell orientation in a fish.   J. Comp. Physiol. A 187: 453-465.
  
  
• Lu, Z. and Popper, A. N. (1998)   Morphological polarizations of sensory hair cells in the three otolith organs of a teleost fish: fluorescent labeling of ciliary bundles.   Hearing Res. 126: 47-57.
  
  
• Lu, Z., Song, J. and Popper, A. N. (1998)   Encoding of acoustic directional information by saccular afferents of the sleeper goby, Dormitator latifrons.   J. Comp. Physiol. A 182: 805-815.
  
  
• Mann, D. M., Lu, Z., Hastings, M. and Popper, A. N. (1998)   Detection of marine mammal echolocation clicks by a teleost fish, the American shad (Alosa sapidissima).   J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 104: 562-568.
  
  
• Mann, D. M., Lu, Z. and Popper, A. N. (1997)   A clupeid fish can detect ultrasound.   Nature 389: 341.
  
  
• Lu, Z., Popper, A. N. and Fay, R. R. (1996)   Behavioral detection of acoustic particle motion by a teleost fish (Astronotus ocellatus): sensitivity and directionality.   J. Comp. Physiol. A 179: 227-233.
  
  
• Lu, Z. and Fay, R. R. (1996)   Two-tone rate interaction of primary afferents and midbrain neurons of the goldfish, Carassius auratus.   Aud. Neurosci. 2: 257-273.
  
  
• Lu, Z. and Fay, R. R. (1995)   Acoustic response properties of single neurons in the central posterior nucleus of the thalamus of the goldfish, Carassius auratus.   J. Comp. Physiol. A 176: 747-760.
  
  
• Lu, Z. and Fay, R. R. (1993)   Acoustic response properties of single units in the torus semicircularis of the goldfish, Carassius auratus.   J. Comp. Physiol. A 173: 33-48.
  
  

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Research Projects:

• Neural Mechanisms of Sound Localization, NIH/NIDCD, Research Grant (R01), P.I., 07/01/2002 - 06/30/2007.
• Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center, NIH/NIEHS, Co-Investigator, 04/01/2002 - 03/31/2007.
• Sound Localization by Fish, NIH/NIDCD, First Award (R29), P.I., 01/01/1998 - 12/31/2002.
• Mechanisms of Ultrasound Detection by Fish, NIH/NIDCD, Research Grant (R01), Co-Investigator, 02/01/1999 - 1/31/2004.
• Mechanisms of Hearing by Clupeid Fishes, NSF, Co-Investigator, 09/01/1996 - 08/31/1999.
• Development and Aging in A Vertebrate Auditory System, NIH/NIA, Small Grant (R03), Co-Investigator, 05/01/98 - 4/30/1999.
• Directional Hearing in Fish, NIH/NIDCD, Small Grant (R03), P.I., 08/01/1995 - 07/31/1998.

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