Curriculum Vitae (abridged)
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Bradford J. May, Ph.D.
Wednesday, March 8, 2013
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Current Appointment
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology-HNS
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Personal Data
521 Traylor Research Bldg.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Phone: 410.614.1878
Fax: 401.955.1299
Email: bmay@jhu.edu
Web: www.maybj.com
Education and Training
Degree
Year
B.A.
1976
Ph.D.
1987
Postdoctoral 1990
Institution
Indiana University
University of Michigan
Johns Hopkins
Discipline
Zoology
Psychology
Biomedical Engineering
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
1. Alberts JR, May BJ (1980) Development of nasal respiration and sniffing in the rat. Physiol
Behav 24: 957–964.
2. Alberts JR, May BJ (1980) Ontogeny of olfaction: Development of the rat's sensitivity to urine
and amyl acetate. Physiol Behav 24: 965–970.
3. Alberts JR, May BJ (1984) Non-nutritive, thermotactile induction of filial huddling in rat pups.
Dev Psychobio 17: 161–181.
4. May BJ, Moody DB, Stebbins WC, Norat MA (1986) Sound localization of frequencymodulated sinusoids by Old World monkeys. J Acoust Soc Am 80: 776–782.
May, Bradford J.
5. Moody DB, May BJ, Cole DM, Stebbins WC (1986) The role of frequency modulation in the
perception of complex stimuli by primates. Exp Biol 45: 219–232.
6. May BJ, Moody DB, Stebbins WC (1988) Significant features of Japanese macaque coo sounds:
A psychophysical study. Anim Behav 36: 1432–1444.
7. May BJ, Moody DB, Stebbins WC (1989) Categorical perception of conspecific communication
sounds by Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata. J Acoust Soc Am 85: 837–847.
8. May BJ, Aleszczyk CM, Sachs MB (1991) Single-unit recording in the ventral cochlear nucleus
of behaving cats. J Neurosci Meth 40: 155–169.
9. Rice JJ, May BJ, Spirou GA, Young ED (1992) Pinna-based spectral cues for sound localization
in cat. Hear Res 58: 132–152.
10. May BJ, Sachs MB (1992) Dynamic range of neural rate responses in the ventral cochlear
nucleus of awake cats. J Neurophysiol 68: 1589–1602.
11. Spirou GA, May BJ, Wright DD, Ryugo DK (1993) Frequency organization of the dorsal
cochlear nucleus in cats. J Comp Neurol 329: 36–52.
12. May BJ, McQuone SJ (1995) Effects of bilateral olivocochlear lesions on pure-tone intensity
discrimination in cats. Aud Neurosci 1:385–400.
13. Hienz RD, Aleszczyk CM, May BJ (1996) Vowel discriminations in cats: Aquisition, effects of
stimulus level and performance in noise. J Acoust Soc Am 99:3656–3668.
14. Hienz RD, Aleszczyk CM, May BJ (1996) Vowel discrimination in cats: Thresholds for the
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15. Le Prell GS, Sachs MB, May BJ (1996) Representation of vowel-like spectra by discharge rate
responses of individual auditory-nerve fibers. Aud Neurosci 2:275–288.
16. May BJ, Huang AY (1996) Sound orientation behavior in cats: I. Localization of broadband
noise. J Acoust Soc Am 100:1059–1069.
17. Huang AY, May BJ (1996) Sound orientation behavior in cats: II. Mid-frequency spectral cues
for sound localization. J Acoust Soc Am 100:1070–1080.
18. Huang AY, May BJ (1996) Spectral cues for sound localization in cats: Effects of frequency on
minimum audible angles in the median and horizontal planes. J Acoust Soc Am 100:2341–2348.
19. May BJ, Huang A, Le Prell G, Hienz RD (1996) Vowel formant frequency discrimination in
cats: Comparison of auditory nerve representations and psychophysical thresholds. Aud Neurosci
3:135–162.
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20. May BJ, Huang AY (1997) Spectral cues for sound localization in cats: A model for discharge
rate representations in the auditory nerve. J Acoust Soc Am 101: 2705–2719.
21. Hienz RD, Stiles P, May BJ (1998) Effects of bilateral olivocochlear lesions on vowel formant
discrimination in cats. Hearing Res, 116:10-20.
22. May BJ, Le Prell GS, Sachs MB (1998) Vowel representations in the ventral cochlear nucleus of
the cat: Effects of level, background noise, and behavioral state. J Neurophysiol, 79:1755-1767.
23. Ramachandran R, Davis K, May BJ (1999) Single-unit responses in the inferior colliculus of
decerebrate cats: I. Classification based on frequency response maps. J Neurophysiol 82:152163.
24. Davis K, Ramachandran R, May BJ (1999) Single-unit responses in the inferior colliculus of
decerebrate cats: II. Sensitivity to interaural level differences. J Neurophysiol 82:164-175.
25. Prosen CA, Bath KG, Vetter DE, May BJ (2000) Behavioral assessments of auditory sensitivity
in transgenic mice. J Neurosci Meth 97: 59-67.
26. May BJ (2000) Role of the dorsal cochlear nucleus in sound localization behavior in cats. Hear
Res 148:74-87.
27. Ramachandran R, Davis KA, May BJ (2000) Representation of tones in noise in the inferior
colliculus of decerebrate cats. JARO 1:144-160.
28. Ngan EA, May BJ (2001) Relationship between the auditory-brainstem response and auditory
nerve thresholds in cats with hearing loss. Hear Res 156:44-52.
29. May BJ, Prosen CA, Dorn D, Vetter DE (2002) Behavioural investigation of some possible
effects of the central olivocochlear pathways in transgenic mice. Hear Res 171: 142-157.
30. Ramachandran R, May BJ (2002) Functional segregation of ITD sensitivity in the inferior
colliculus of decerebrate cats. J Neurophysiol 88:2251-2261.
31. Davis K, Ramachandran R, May BJ (2003) Auditory processing of spectral cues for sound
localization in the inferior colliculus. JARO 4: 148-163.
32. May BJ (2003) Physiological and psychophysical assessments of the dynamic range of vowel
representations in the auditory periphery. Speech Com 41:49–57.
33. Prosen CA, Dore D, May BJ (2003) The functional age of hearing loss in a mouse model of
presbycusis. I. Behavioral assessments. Hear Res 183:44-56.
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34. Francis HW, Ryugo DK, Gorelikow MJ, Prosen CA, May BJ (2003) The functional age of
hearing loss in a mouse model of presbycusis. II. Neuroanatomical correlates. Hear Res 183:2936.
35. May BJ, Budelis J, Niparko JK (2004) Behavioral studies of the olivocochlear efferent system:
Learning to listen in noise. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 130:660-664.
36. May BJ, Guarnieri M, Carson BS, Bachani A, Jallo GI (2004) Long-term effects of carboplatin
brainstem infusions on hearing thresholds in monkeys. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
130:1411-1415.
37. Lin L-M, Bowditch S, Anderson MJ, May BJ, Cox KM, Niparko JK (2006) Extended
Assessment of Bone-Anchored Hearing and CROS in the Rehabilitation of Unilateral Deafness.
Otol Neurotol 27:172-182.
38. Ma W-L D, Hidaka H, May BJ (2006) Spontaneous activity in the inferior colliculus of CBA/J
mice after manipulations that induce tinnitus. Hear Res 212:9-21.
39. May BJ, Kimar S, Prosen CA (2006) Auditory filter shapes of CBA/CaJ mice: Behavioral
assessments. J Acoust Soc Am 120:321-330.
40. Stamataki S, Francis HW, Lehar M, May BJ, Ryugo DK (2006) Synaptic alterations at inner hair
cells precede spiral ganglion cell loss in aging C57BL/6J mice. Hear Res 221:104-118.
41. May BJ, Anderson MJ, Roos M (2008) The role of broadband inhibition in the rate
representation of spectral cues for sound localization in the inferior colliculus. Hear Res 238:7793.
42. Doucet JR, Lenihan NM, May BJ (2009) Commissural neurons in the rat ventral cochlear
nucleus. JARO 10:269-280.
43. May BJ, Little N, Saylor S (2009) Loudness perception in the domestic cat: Reaction time
estimates of equal-loudness contours and recruitment effects. JARO 10:295-308.
44. Lauer AM, May BJ, Hao ZJ, Watson, J (2009). Analysis of environmental sound levels in
modern rodent housing rooms. Lab Animal 38: 154-160.
45. Reiss LAJ, Ramachandran R, May BJ (2011) Effects of signal level and background noise on
spectral representations in the auditory nerve of the domestic cat. JARO 12:71-88.
46. Lauer AM, May BJ (2011) The medial olivocochlear system attenuates the developmental
impact of early noise exposure. JARO 12:329-343.
47. Yang Y-M, Aitoubah J, Lauer AM, Nuriya M, Takamiya K, Jia Z, May BJ, Huganir RL, Wang
L-Y (2011) GluA4 is indispensable for driving fast neurotransmission across a high-fidelity
Central Synapse. J Physiol 589:4209-4227.
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48. Lauer AM, Slee SJ, May BJ (2011) Acoustic basis of directional acuity in laboratory mice.
JARO 12:633-645.
49. May BJ, Lauer AM, Roos MJ (2011) Impairments of the medial olivocochlear system increase
the risk of noise-induced auditory neuropathy in laboratory mice. Otology-Neurotology 32:15681578.
50. Roos MJ, May BJ (2012) Classification of unit types in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus of
laboratory mice. Hear Res 289:13–26.
51. Muniak MA, Rivas A, Montey KL, May BJ, Francis HW, Ryugo DK (2012) A 3-Dimensional
Model of Frequency Representation in the Cochlear Nucleus of the CBA/J Mouse. J Comp
Neurol, accepted article, doi: 10.1002/cne.23238.
Book Chapters
1. Moody DB, Stebbins WC, May BJ (1990) Auditory perception of communication signals by
Japanese monkeys. In: Berkley M, Stebbins WC (eds) Comparative Perception Vol. 1, New
York: John Wiley and Sons, pp 311–343.
2. Brown CH, May BJ (1990) Sound localization and binaural processes. In: Stebbins WC, Berkley
M (eds) Comparative Perception Vol. 2, New York: John Wiley and Sons, pp 247–284.
3. May BJ, Sachs MB (1992) The neural encoding of sound intensity in the ventral cochlear
nucleus of awake and behaving cats. In: Cazals Y, Demany L, Horner K (eds) Advances in the
Biosciences: Auditory Physiology and Perception Vol. 83, Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp 251–262.
4. May BJ, Huang AY, Aleszczyk CM, Hienz RD (1995) Design and conduct of sensory
experiments for domestic cats. In: Dooling R, Fay R, Klump G, Stebbins W (eds) Methods in
Comparative Psychoacoustics, Basil, Switzerland: Birkhäuser Verlag, pp 95–108.
5. May BJ, Le Prell GS, Hienz RD, Sachs MB (1997) Speech representation in the auditory nerve
and ventral cochlear nucleus: Quantitative comparisons. In: Syka J. (ed) Acoustic Signal
Processing in the Central Auditory System, New York: Plenum Publishing, pp 413–429.
6. May BJ (1998) Auditory physiology and perception of spectral cues for sound localisation in
cats. In: Palmer AR, Rees A., Summerfield A.Q. and Meddis R (eds) Psychophysical and
Physiological Advances in Hearing, London: Whurr Publishers, pp 376–383.
7. May BJ (1999) Auditory physiology and perception. In: Niparko JK, Kirk KI, Mellon NK,
Robbins AM, Tucci DL, Wilson BS (eds) Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices,
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott-Raven, pp 9-28.
8. Davis KA, Ramachandran R, May BJ (2001) Representation of spectral cues for sound
localization in the inferior colliculus. In: Houtsma AJM, Kohlrausch A, Prijs VF, Schoonhoven
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R (eds) Physiological and Psychological Bases of Auditory Function, Maastricht, NL: Shaker
Publishing, pp 192-199.
9. Prosen CA, May BJ (2001) Effects of acetylcholine receptor knock-outs on the auditory
behaviors of transgenic mice. In: Breebaart DJ, Houtsma AJM, Kohlrausch A, Prijs VF,
Schoonhoven R (eds) Physiological and Psychological Bases of Auditory Function, Maastricht,
NL: Shaker Publishing, pp 35-43.
10. Fishbach A, May BJ (2003). A Neural Edge-Detection Model for Enhanced Auditory Sensitivity
in Modulated Noise. In: Becker S, Thrun S, Obermayer K (eds) Advances in Neural Information
Processing Systems 15. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp 301-308.
11. Yin TCT, May BJ (2005). Acoustic behavior and midbrain function. In: Winer JA, Schreiner CE
(eds) The Inferior Colliculus, New York: Springer-Verlag, pp 426-458.
12. Brown CH, May BJ (2005). Comparative mammalian sound localization. In: Popper AN, Fay
RR (eds) Sound Source Localization, New York: Springer-Verlag, pp 124-178.
13. Sachs MB, Le Prell GS, Hienz RD, May BJ (2006) Adequacy of auditory-nerve rate
representations of vowels: Comparisons with behavioral measures in cat. In: Greenberg S,
Ainsworth W (eds) Listening to Speech: An Auditory Perspective, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
14. May, BJ (2008) Monaural sound localization using spectral cues. In: Dallos P, Oertel D (eds)
The Senses: A comprehensive reference. Oxford: Academic Press, pp 655-693.
15. May BJ (2009) Auditory physiology and perception. In: Niparko JK, Kirk KI, Mellon NK,
Robbins AM, Tucci DL, Wilson BS (eds) Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices (2nd
Edition), Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott-Raven, pp 1-18.
16. May BJ (2010) Sound location: Monaural cues and spectral cues for elevation. In: Palmer AR,
Rees A (eds) Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science: The Auditory Brain. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, pp 303-332.
17. May BJ and Limb C (2010) Neurophysiology: Central Auditory System. In: Gulya AJ, Minor
LB, Poe DS (eds) Glasscock-Shambaugh Surgery of the Ear (6th Edition). Shelton, CT: People’s
Medical Publishing House-USA, pp 85-112.
18. May BJ (2012) The Inferior Colliculus and Lateral Lemniscus. In: Tremblay K, Burkhard R
(eds) Translational Perspectives on Auditory Neuroscience. San Diego, CA: Plural, pp 185-204.
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