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Peer-reviewed publications

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  1. Pre-supplementary motor cortex mediates learning transfer from perceptual to motor timing. Itzamná Sánchez-Moncada, Luis Concha and Hugo Merchant. Journal of Neuroscience (December 2023).

  2. Amodal population clock in the primate medial premotor system for rhythmic tapping. Abraham Betancourt, Oswaldo Pérez, Jorge Gámez, Germán Mendoza, and Hugo Merchant. Cell Reports (October 2023).

  3. Rhythmic tapping to a moving beat motion kinematics overrules natural gravity. Oswaldo Pérez, Sergio Delle Monache, Francesco Lacquaniti, Gianfranco Bosco and Hugo Merchant. iScience (August 2023).

  4. Macaque monkeys and humans sample temporal regularities in the acoustic environment. Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Luis Prado, Yaneri Ayala, Hugo Merchant, Sonja A. Kotz. Progress in Neurobiology (July 2023)

  5. Distinct beta frequencies reflect categorical decisions. Elie Rassi, Yi Zhang, Germán Mendoza, Juan Carlos Méndez, Hugo Merchant & Saskia Haegens. Nature Communications (May 2023).

  6. Accelerating the evolution of nonhuman primate neuroimaging. The PRIMatE Data Exchange (PRIME-DE) Global Collaboration Workshop and Consortium. Neuron (2020).

  7. Estimating time with neural networks. Merchant, H., Pérez, O. Nat Mach Intell (2020).

  8. The amplitude in periodic neural state trajectories underlies the tempo of rhythmic tapping. Gámez J, Mendoza G, Prado L, Betancourt A, Merchant H. PLoS Biol (2019).

  9. Yc K, Prado L, Merchant H (2019) The scalar property during isochronous tapping is disrupted by a D2-like agonist in the nonhuman primate. Journal of Neurophysiology, December 2018; 121:940-949.

  10. Perez, O. and Merchant, H, The synaptic properties of cells define the hallmarks of interval timing in a recurrent neural network, Journal Of Neuroscience, April 2018; 38(17), 4186-4199.

  11. Mendoza, G., Mendez, J.C., Perez, O. Prado, L., and Merchant, H, Neural basis for categorical boundaries in the primate pre-SMA during relative categorization of time intervals. , Nature Communications, March 2018; 9(1), 1098.

  12. Ayala YA, Lehmann A, and Merchant, H, Monkeys share with humans the neurophysiological basis for encoding sound periodicities captured by the frequency-following response., Scientific Reports, December 2017; 7(16687).

  13. Mendez, J.C., Rocchi, L., Rothwell, J., Jahanshahi, J. and Merchant, H*. , Probing the timing network: a continuous theta burst stimulation study of temporal categorization. , Neuroscience, May 2017; 356(1), 167-175.

  14. Merchant H.,* and Averbeck BB. , The computational and neural basis of rhythmic timing in medial premotor cortex., Journal Of Neuroscience, April 2017; 37(17), 4552-4564.

  15. Merchant H.,* and Bartolo, R. , Primate beta oscillations and rhythmic behaviors, Journal Of Neural Transmission, March 2017; 124(5), 20-31.

  16. Gupta D.S., and Merchant H.*, Editorial: Understanding the role of the time dimension in the brain information processing., Frontiers in Psychology , February 2017; 8(240), 1-4. 

  17. García-Garibay, O., Cadena, J., Merchant, H. and de Lafuente, V., Monkeys share the human ability to internally maintain a temporal rhythm., Frontiers in Psychology , December 2016; 7(1971), 1-12. 

  18. Petter, E.P. and Merchant H. , Temporal Processing by Intrinsic Neural Network Dynamics, Timing & Time Perception, December 2016; 4(4), 399-410.

  19. Mendoza, G., Peyrache, A., Gámez, J., Prado, L., Buzsáki, G. and Merchant, H, Recording extracellular neural activity in the behaving monkey using a semi-chronic, high-density electrode system. , Journal Of Neurophysiology, September 2016; 116(2), 563-574. 

  20. Merchant, H.* and Yarrow, K. , How the motor system both encodes and influences our sense of time., Current Opinion in Behavioral Sicences, February 2016; 8(1), 22-27.

  21. Bartolo, R. and Merchant, H*. , Beta oscillations are linked to the initiation of sensory-cued movement sequences and the internal guidance of regular tapping in the monkey., Journal Of Neuroscience, April 2015; 35(11), 4635-4640.

  22. Hoeschele, M., Merchant, H., Hattori, Y., Kikuchi, Y., and ten Cate, C. , Comparative studies on the biology of music: bridging the gap between constrained experiments and natural behavior in the search for animal musicality. , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, March 2015; 370(1664), 232-245. 

  23. Merchant, H*., Grahn, J., Trainer, L., Rohrmeier, M., and Fitch, TW., Finding the beat: A neural perspective across humans and non-human primates., Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, March 2015; 370(1664), 186-202. 

  24. Merchant, H.*, Perez, O., Bartolo, R., Mendez JC., Mendoza, G., Gamez, J., Yc, K., Prado, L. , Sensorimotor neural dynamics during isochronous tapping in the medial premotor cortex of the macaque, European Journal Of Neuroscience, March 2015; 41(5), 586-602.

  25. Merchant, H.* and de Lafuente V. , Introduction to the Neurobiology of Interval Timing. , Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology, November 2014; 829, 1-13.

  26. Merchant, H.*, Bartolo, R., Perez, O., Mendez JC., Mendoza, G., Gamez, J., Yc, K. Prado, L. , Neurophysiology of timing in the hundreds of milliseconds: multiple layers of neuronal clocks in the medial premotor areas. , Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology, November 2014; 829, 143-154 .

  27. Mendoza G and Merchant H., Motor system evolution and the emergence of high cognitive functions, Progress In Neurobiology, October 2014; 121(1), 20-41.

  28. Crowe, D.A., Zarco, W., Bartolo, R., and Merchant, H*. , Dynamic representation of the temporal and sequential structure of rhythmic movements in the primate medial premotor cortex., Journal Of Neuroscience, September 2014; 34(36), 11972-11983.

  29. Mendez, J.C., Perez, O., Prado, L., and Merchant, H, Linking perception, cognition, and action: Psychophysical observations and neural network modelling., Plos One, July 2014; 9(7), 18.

  30. Merchant, H., Crowe, D.A., Fortes, A.F., and Georgopoulos, A.P., Cognitive modulation of Neural Synchronicity, Frontiers in Neuroscience, July 2014; 8(245), 9.

  31. Donnet, S., Bartolo, R., Fernandes J.M., Cunha J.P., Prado, L. and Merchant, H, Monkeys time their movement pauses and not their movement kinematics during a synchronization-continuation rhythmic task. , Journal Of Neurophysiology, May 2014; 111(10), 2138.

  32. Bartolo, R., Prado, L., and Merchant, H, Information processing in the primate basal ganglia during sensory guided and internally driven rhythmic tapping, Journal Of Neuroscience, March 2014; 34(11), 3910-3923. 

  33. Honing H and Merchant H., Differences in auditory timing between human and non-human primates. , Behavioral and Brain Sciences, March 2014; 37(6), 873-874. 

  34. Merchant, H. and Honing, H. , Are non-human primates capable of rhythmic entrainment? Evidence for the gradual audiomotor evolution hypothesis, Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2014; 7(274), 1-9.

  35. Merchant, H., Harrington, D. and Meck, W.H., Neural Basis of the Perception and Estimation of Time, Annual Review of Neuroscience, May 2013; 36(1), 313-336. 

  36. Merchant, H*., Pérez, O., Zarco, W., and Gámez, J. , Interval tuning in the primate medial premotor cortex as a general timing mechanism , Journal Of Neuroscience, May 2013; 33(21), 9082-9096.

  37. Perez, O., Kass R.E., Merchant H, Trial time warping to discriminate stimulus-related from movement-related neural activity., Journal of Neuroscience Methods, January 2013; 212(2), 203-210. 

  38. Merchant, H,. de Lafuente V., Peña F., Larriva-Sahd J., Functional impact of interneuronal inhibition in the cerebral cortex of behaving animals. , Progress In Neurobiology, November 2012; 99(2), 163-178.

  39. Honing, H., Merchant, H., Heden, G., Prado, L. A., and Bartolo, R, Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) can detect rhythmic groups in music, but not the beat, Plos One, January 2012; 7(12), e51369, 1-9. 

  40. DiFabio RP., Merchant, H., Bartolo, R., Tuite P. , Temporal Discrimination Learning for Treatment of Gait Dysfunction In Parkinson’s Disease: A Feasibility Study using Single Subject Design, Journal of Parkinsonism and Restless Legs Syndrome, December 2011; 1(1), 8-11 online. 

  41. Merchant, H., Zarco W., Perez, O., Prado, L., and Bartolo, R. , Measuring time with multiple neural chronometers during a synchronization-continuation task. , Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, December 2011; 108(49), 19784-19789. 

  42. Merchant, H*., Crowe, D.A., Robertson MS., Fortes, A.F. and Georgopoulos, A.P. , Top-down spatial categorization signal from prefrontal to posterior parietal cortex in the primate. , Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, June 2011; 5(69), 1-90 online. 

  43. Mendez, J.C., Prado, L., Mendoza, G and Merchant, H, Temporal and Spatial Categorization in Human and Non-Human Primates, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, April 2011; 5(50), 1-10 online.

  44. Merchant, H, "Apneas" in Purkinje cell activity: Evidence of the bistability of membrane potential in the cerebellum of the awake cat. , Frontiers in Neuroscience, March 2010; 4(1), 6-6 online.

  45. Zarco, W. Merchant, H., Prado, L. and Mendez J.C., Subsecond timing in primates: comparison of interval production between human subjects and Rhesus monkeys, Journal Of Neurophysiology, December 2009; 102(6), 3191-3202 online. 

  46. Bartolo, R.O. and Merchant, H, LEARNING AND GENERALIZATION OF TIME PRODUCTION IN HUMANS: RULES OF TRANSFER ACROSS MODALITIES AND INTERVAL DURATIONS., Experimental Brain Research, January 2009; 197(1), 91-100. 

  47. Merchant, H. Zarco, W. Prado, L. and Perez O., BEHAVIORAL AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TARGET INTERCEPTION., Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology, January 2009; 629(1), 201-220.

  48. Merchant, H., Luciana, M., Hooper, C., Majestic, S., Tuite, P., INTERVAL TIMING AND PARKINSON´S DISEASE: HETEROGENEITY IN TEMPORAL PERFORMANCE., Experimental Brain Research, January 2008; 184(2), 233-248.

  49. Merchant, H., Narselaris, T., Georgopoulos, A.P., DYNAMIC SCULPTING OF DIRECTIONAL TUNING BY INTERNEURONS IN THE PRIMATE MOTOR CORTEX DURING 3D REACHING., Journal Of Neuroscience, January 2008; 28(37), 9164-9172.

  50. Merchant, H., Zarco, W., Bartolo, R. and Prado, L., THE CONTEXT OF TEMPORAL PROCESSING IS REPRESENTED IN THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TIMING TASKS., Plos One, January 2008; 3(9), 1-9. 

  51. Merchant, H., Zarco, W., Prado, L., DO WE HAVE A COMMON MECHANISM FOR MEASURING TIME IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLISECOND RANGE? EVIDENCE FROM MULTIPLE INTERVAL TIMING TASKS., Journal Of Neurophysiology, January 2008; 99(2), 939-949. 

  52. Zarco,W., Merchant H., NEURAL TEMPORAL CODES FOR REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM., Cognitive Critique, January 2008; 1(1), 1-30. 

  53. Georgopoulos A.P., Merchant H., Narselaris T., Amirikian B., MAPPING OF THE PREFERRED DIRECTION IN THE MOTOR CORTEX., Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, January 2007; 104(0), 11068-11072. 

  54. Georgopoulos A.P., Narselaris T., Merchant H., Amirikian B., CONTRASTING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF PREFERRED DIRECTIONS WITHIN PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX., Journal Of Neurophysiology, January 2007; 97(0), 4391-4392.

  55. Merchant H., Georgopoulos A.P., NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR ASPECTS OF INTERCEPTION., Journal Of Neurophysiology, January 2006; 95(0), 1-13. 

  56. Narselaris T., Merchant H., Amirikian B., Georgopoulos A.P., LARGE-SCALE ORGANIZATION OF PREFERRED DIRECTIONS IN THE MOTOR CORTEX II: ANALYSIS OF LOCAL DISTRIBUTIONS., Journal Of Neurophysiology, January 2006; 96(0), 3237-3247.

  57. Narselaris T., Merchant H., Amirikian B., Georgopoulos A.P., LARGE-SCALE ORGANIZATION OF PREFERRED DIRECTIONS IN THE MOTOR CORTEX I: MOTOR CORTICAL HYPERACUITY FOR FORWARD REACHING., Journal Of Neurophysiology, January 2006; 96(0), 3231-3236. 

  58. Merchant H., Battaglia-Mayer A., Georgopoulos A.P., DECODING OF PATH-GUIDED APPARENT MOTION FROM NEURAL ENSEMBLES IN POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX., Experimental Brain Research, January 2005; 161(0), 532-540. 

  59. NARSELARIS, T., MERCHANT, H., AMIRIKIAN B., GEORGOPOULOS, A.P., SPATIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF TRAJECTORIES OF AN ARRAY OF RECORDING MICROELECTRODES., Journal Of Neurophysiology, January 2005; 93(4), 2318-2330. 

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