Christa Baker

Works (15)

Updated: January 24th, 2025 10:40

2024 article

Inferring neural dynamics of memory during naturalistic social communication

Pang, R., Baker, C., Murthy, M., & Pillow, J. (2024, January 27).

By: R. Pang *, C. Baker n , M. Murthy * & J. Pillow *

TL;DR: It is shown how naturalistic behavior can directly inform neural population coding models, revealing here a novel process for memory formation. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: February 2, 2024

2024 journal article

The role of <i>fruitless</i> in specifying courtship behaviors across divergent <i>Drosophila</i> species

SCIENCE ADVANCES, 10(11).

By: C. Baker* , X. Guan *, M. Choi * & M. Murthy *

TL;DR: Potential differences in fru function between divergent species are revealed and the importance of studying diverse behaviors and species for understanding the genetic basis of sex differences is underscored. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: March 15, 2024

2023 article

The role offruitlessin specifying courtship behaviors differs acrossDrosophilaspecies

Baker, C. A., Guan, X.-J., Choi, M., & Murthy, M. (2023, September 3).

By: C. Baker* , X. Guan *, M. Choi * & M. Murthy *

TL;DR: Important differences in fru function between divergent species are revealed and the importance of studying diverse behaviors and species for understanding the genetic basis of sex differences is underscored. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: November 14, 2023

2022 journal article

Neural network organization for courtship-song feature detection in Drosophila

Current Biology.

By: C. Baker* , C. McKellar *, R. Pang *, A. Nern *, S. Dorkenwald *, D. Pacheco *, N. Eckstein *, J. Funke *, B. Dickson *, M. Murthy *

Source: ORCID
Added: June 1, 2024

2021 journal article

FlyWire: online community for whole-brain connectomics

Nature Methods.

By: S. Dorkenwald *, C. McKellar *, T. Macrina *, N. Kemnitz *, K. Lee *, R. Lu *, J. Wu *, S. Popovych * ...

Source: ORCID
Added: June 1, 2024

2020 article

Neural Network Organization for Courtship Song Feature Detection inDrosophila

Baker, C. A., McKellar, C., Nern, A., Dorkenwald, S., Pacheco, D. A., Pang, R., … Murthy, M. (2020, October 9).

By: C. Baker* , C. McKellar *, A. Nern *, S. Dorkenwald *, D. Pacheco *, R. Pang *, N. Eckstein *, J. Funke *, B. Dickson *, M. Murthy *

Source: ORCID
Added: November 14, 2023

2019 journal article

Acoustic Pattern Recognition and Courtship Songs: Insights from Insects

Annual Review of Neuroscience.

By: C. Baker* , J. Clemens * & M. Murthy *

Source: ORCID
Added: June 1, 2024

2016 journal article

Behavioral and Single-Neuron Sensitivity to Millisecond Variations in Temporally Patterned Communication Signals

The Journal of Neuroscience.

By: C. Baker* , L. Ma*, C. Casareale * & B. Carlson *

TL;DR: It is shown that fish are behaviorally sensitive to millisecond variations in natural, temporally patterned communication signals, and that the responses of individual midbrain neurons are also sensitive to variation in these patterns. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: November 14, 2023

2015 journal article

Peripheral sensory coding through oscillatory synchrony in weakly electric fish

ELife, 4(AUGUST2015).

By: C. Baker* , K. Huck* & B. Carlson *

Contributors: C. Baker* , K. Huck* & B. Carlson *

TL;DR: It is found that oscillating receptors respond to electric pulses by resetting their phase, resulting in transient synchrony among receptors that encodes signal timing and location, but not waveform, which provides the first evidence for sensory coding through oscillatory synchrony. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: November 14, 2023

2014 journal article

Short-term depression, temporal summation, and onset inhibition shape interval tuning in midbrain neurons

Journal of Neuroscience, 34(43), 14272–14287.

By: C. Baker*  & B. Carlson *

Contributors: C. Baker*  & B. Carlson *

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that variation in depression and summation of excitation and inhibition helps to establish tuning to behaviorally relevant intervals in communication signals, and that depression contributes to neural coding of interval sequences. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: November 14, 2023

2013 journal article

Multiplexed temporal coding of electric communication signals in mormyrid fishes

Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(13), 2365–2379.

By: C. Baker* , T. Kohashi *, A. Lyons-Warren *, X. Ma * & B. Carlson *

Contributors: C. Baker* , T. Kohashi *, A. Lyons-Warren *, X. Ma * & B. Carlson *

TL;DR: The mormyrid electric communication pathway is a powerful model for integrating mechanistic studies of temporal coding with evolutionary studies of correlated differences in brain and behavior to investigate neural mechanisms for processing temporal codes. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: November 14, 2023

2010 journal article

Bilateral effects of unilateral cochlear implantation in congenitally deaf cats

Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518(12), 2382–2404.

By: J. O’Neil*, C. Limb *, C. Baker*  & D. Ryugo *

Contributors: . J.N. O'Neil, C. Limb *, C. Baker*  & D. Ryugo *

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that electrical stimulation with a cochlear implant can help preserve central auditory synapses through direct and indirect pathways in an age‐dependent fashion. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: November 14, 2023

2010 journal article

Erratum: Bilateral effects of unilateral cochlear implantation in congenitally deaf cats (The Journal of Comparative Neurology (2010) 518 (2382-2404))

Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518(19).

By: J. O’Neil*, C. Limb *, C. Baker*  & D. Ryugo *

Contributors: . J.N. O'Neil, C. Limb *, C. Baker*  & D. Ryugo *

Source: ORCID
Added: November 14, 2023

2010 journal article

Postnatal development of the endbulb of held in congenitally deaf cats

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 4.

By: C. Baker* , K. Montey, T. Pongstaporn & D. Ryugo

Contributors: C. Baker* , K. Montey, T. Pongstaporn & D. Ryugo

TL;DR: It is speculated that hearing pathology is signaled by a perinatal loss of spontaneous bursting activity in auditory nerve fibers or perhaps by some factor released by hair cell synapses before obliteration of the organ of Corti. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: November 14, 2023

2009 journal article

Synaptic plasticity after chemical deafening and electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve in cats

Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518(7), 1046–1063.

By: D. Ryugo *, C. Baker* , K. Montey*, L. Chang*, A. Coco*, J. Fallon *, R. Shepherd *

Contributors: D. Ryugo *, C. Baker* , K. Montey*, L. Chang*, A. Coco*, J. Fallon *, R. Shepherd *

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that electrical stimulation via a cochlear implant in chemically deafened cats preserves PSD size but not other aspects of synapse morphology, which suggests that the effects of ototoxic deafness are not identical to those of hereditary deafness. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Employment

Updated: February 22nd, 2023 12:11

2023 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Assistant Professor Biological Sciences

2015 - 2022

Princeton University Princeton, NJ, US
Postdoctoral Fellow Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Education

Updated: June 15th, 2016 17:16

2009 - 2015

Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO, US
Ph.D. Neurosciece

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