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Fitch, RH., Brown, C., Tallal, P., & Rosen, G. 1997. Effects of sex and MK-801 on auditory processing deficits associated with developmental microgyric lesions in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 111, 404-412.

Herman, AE., Galaburda, AM., Fitch, RH., Carter, AR., & Rosen, GD. 1997. Cerebral microgyria, thalamic cell size and auditory temporal processing in male and female rats. Cerebral Cortex, 7, 453-464.

Fitch, RH., Cowell, PE., & Denenberg, V. 1998. The female phenotype: Nature's default? Developmental Neuropsychology, Special issue, S. Berenbaum (Ed.), 14, 213-231.

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Clark, MG., Sherman, GF., Bimonte, HA. & Fitch, RH. 2000a. Perceptual auditory gap detection deficits in ectopic male BXSB mice. NeuroReport, 11, 693-696.

Clark, M., Rosen, G., Tallal, P. & Fitch, RH. 2000b. Impaired processing of complex auditory stimuli in rats with induced cerebrocortical microgyria. J Cog Neurosci, 12 (5), 828 – 839.

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Peiffer, AM, Rosen, GD & Fitch, RH. 2002a. Rapid auditory processing and MGN morphology in rats reared in varied acoustic environments. Dev Brain Res, 138, 187-193.

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Peiffer, AM, Fitch, R.H., Thomas, J. & Rosen, G.D. 2003. Brain weight differences associated with induced focal microgyria. BMC Neuroscience, 4, 12.

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Friedman, J.T., Peiffer, A., Clark, M., Benasich, A. & Fitch, R.H. 2004. Age and experience related improvements in gap detection in the rat. Developmental Brain Research, 152, 83 - 91.

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McClure, M.M., Peiffer, A.M., Rosen, G.D. & Fitch, R.H. 2005a. Auditory processing deficits in rats with neonatal hypoxia-ischemic injury. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 23 (4), 351-362.

McClure, M.M., Threlkeld, S.W., Rosen, G.D., & Fitch, R.H. 2005b. Auditory processing deficits in unilaterally and bilaterally injured hypoxic-ischemic rats. NeuroReport, 16, 1309 – 1312.

McClure, M., Threlkeld, S. & Fitch, R.H. 2006a. The effects of erythropoietin on auditory processing following neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury. Brain Research,  1087, 190 – 195.

McClure, M., Threlkeld, S., Rosen, G. & Fitch, R.H. 2006b. Rapid auditory processing and learning deficits in rats with P1 versus P7 neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury. Behavioural Brain Research, 172, 114 - 121.

Threlkeld, S.W., McClure, M.M., Rosen, G.D. & Fitch, R.H. 2006a. Developmental timeframes for the induction of microgyria and rapid auditory processing deficits in the rat. Brain Research, 1109, 22 – 31.

McClure, M., Threlkeld, S. & Fitch, R.H. 2007. Auditory processing and learning/memory following erythropoietin administration in neonatally HI injured rats. Brain Research, 1132, 203 – 209.

Threlkeld, S.W., McClure, M.M.,  Bai, J., Wang, Y., LoTurco, J.J., Rosen, G.D., & Fitch, R.H. 2007a. Developmental disruptions and behavioral impairments in rats following in utero RNAi of Dyx1c1. 2007. Brain Research Bulletin, 71, 508 - 514.

Threlkeld S.W., Rosen G.D., and Fitch R.H. 2007b. Age at developmental cortical injury differentially alters corpus callosum volume in the rat, BMC Neuroscience, 8, 94. [doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-94].

Fitch, R.H., Threlkeld, S.W., McClure, M.M. & Peiffer, A.M. 2008a. Use of a modified prepulse inhibition paradigm to assess complex auditory discrimination in rodents. Brain Research Bulletin, 76, 1-7.

Threlkeld, S., Penley, S., Rosen, G.D. & Fitch, R.H. 2008a. Auditory gap detection thresholds of intact and microgyric rats following functional deactivation of auditory cortex. NeuroReport, 19, 893 – 898.

Fitch, R.H., Breslawski, H., Rosen, G.D. & Chrobak, J. 2008b. Persistent spatial working memory deficits in rats with bilateral cortical microgyria. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 4, 45 (available on-line).

Threlkeld, S.W., Hill, C.A., Rosen, G.D. & Fitch, R.H. 2009a. Early acoustic discrimination experience ameliorates auditory processing deficits in male rats with cortical developmental disruption. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 27(4), 321-328.