1. Fouhy, V., S. Ellis and M. Smotherman (2025).   "Subcutaneous cortical auditory evoked potentials in echolocating bats." J. Acoust. Soc. Am.  158, 3390–3399.
2. J. A. Faunce, K. Bakshi, T. Troyer, S. Macias, and M. Smotherman, “ Laminar Distribution of Spectrotemporal Receptive Field Subtypes in the Primary Auditory Cortex of Echolocating Bats.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1, (2025): . https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70093
3. Daniel J Becker, Amanda Vicente-Santos, Ariadna E Morales, Kristin E Dyer, Beckett L Olbrys, Lauren R Lock, Michael S Smotherman, Sonja C Vernes, Michael Hiller, Amanda M Adams, Brett S Phinney, Winifred F Frick, Jeffrey S Hall, Proteomic Signatures of SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility in Mexican Free-tailed Bats and Their Application to Viral Surveillance, Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2025;, icaf148, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf148
4.  C.F. Webster, M. Smotherman, M. Pippel, T. Brown, S. Winkler, M. Pieri, M. Mai, E. Myers, E. Teeling, S. Vernes, and The Bat1k Consortium (2024) The genome sequence of Tadarida brasiliensis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824 [Molossidae; Tadarida]. Wellcome Open Research, 9. 
5. Smotherman MS, Croft T and Macias S (2022) Biosonar discrimination of fine surface textures by echolocating free-tailed bats. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:969350. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.969350
6. Macias, S. Bakshi, K., Troyer, T. and M. Smotherman (2022) The prefrontal cortex of the Mexican free-tailed bat is more selective to communication calls than primary auditory cortex. J. Neurophysiology 128:634-648. 
7.  Smarsh, G., Long, A.M., and M. Smotherman (2022) Singing strategies are linked to perch use on foraging territories in heart-nosed bats. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8519  
8. Macias, S., K. Bakshi and M. Smotherman (2021) Faster repetition rate sharpens the cortical representation of echo streams in echolocating bats. eNeuro 0410-21.2021
9. Brokaw, A.F., E. Davis, R. Page and M. Smotherman (2021) Flying bats rely on serial sampling to locate attractive odor sources. Biology Letters 17:20210430. 
10. Brokaw, A.F. and M. Smotherman (2021) Olfactory tracking strategies in a Neotropical fruit bat.   J. Experimental Biology 224:1- 13.  
11. Macias, S., Bakshi, K., Garcia-Rosales, R., Hechavarria, J.C. and Smotherman, M. (2020) Temporal coding of echo spectral shape in the bat auditory cortex.  PLoS Biol 18(11):e3000831.
12. Macias, S., Bakshi, K. and Smotherman, M. (2020) Functional organization of the primary auditory cortex of the free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis. Journal of Comparative Physiology [A] 206: 440-449.
13. Brokaw, A. and Smotherman, M. (2020) Role of ecology in shaping external nasal morphology in bats and its implications for olfactory tracking.  PLoS ONE 15(1):e0226689.
14. Macias, S., Bakshi, K., and Smotherman, M. (2019) Laminar organization of the FM direction selectivity in primary auditory cortex of the free-tailed bat. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 13:76.
15. Adams, A., Patricio, A., Manojar, R. and Smotherman, M. (2019) Influence of signal direction on sonar interference.  Animal Behaviour 155: 249-256 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.05.024
16. Smotherman, M. and Bakshi, K. (2018) Forward masking enhances the auditory brainstem response in the free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis , during a critical time window for sonar reception. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 145(1):EL19-EL24 DOI:10.1121/1.5087278
17. Smarsh, G.C. & Smotherman, M.  (2017)  Behavioral responses to conspecific songs on foraging territories of the heart-nosed bat. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 71: 142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2370-9
18. Adams A, Davis K, Smotherman M (2017) Suppression of emission rates improves sonar performance by flying bats. Scientific Reports 7: 41641
19. Smotherman M, Knornschild M, Smarsh GC, & Bohn KM (2016) The origins and diversity of bat songs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 202: 535-554
20. Smarsh GC & Smotherman M (2015) Singing away from home: Songs are used on foraging territories in the African megadermatid bat, Cardioderma cor. Proceedings of the Meetings on Acoustics 25: 010002 Full text
21. Smarsh GC & Smotherman M (2015) The intra- and interspecific variability of echolocation pulse acoustics in the African megadermatid bats. Acta Chiropterologica 17: 429–443
22. Bohn KM, Smarsh GS, & Smotherman M (2013) Social context evokes rapid changes in bat song syntax. Animal Behaviour 85:1485-1491 Full text
23. Fernandez-Lima FA, Debord JD, Schweikert EA, Della-Negra S, Kellersberger KA, & Smotherman M (2013) Surface characterization of biological nanodomains using NP-ToF-SIMS. Surf Interface Anal 45: Full text
24. Jarvis J, Jackson W, & Smotherman M (2013) Groups of bats improve sonar efficiency through mutual suppression of pulse emissions. Front Physiol 4:140 Full text
25. Tressler J, Schwartz C, Wellman P, Hughes S, & Smotherman M (2011) Regulation of bat echolocation pulse acoustics by striatal dopamine. J Exp Biol 214:3238-47 Full text
26. Schwartz CP & Smotherman MS (2011) Mapping vocalization-related immediate early gene expression in echolocating bats. Behav Brain Res 224:358-68 Full text
27. Jarvis J, Bohn KM, Tressler J, & Smotherman M (2010) A mechanism for antiphonal echolocation by Free-tailed bats. Anim Behav 79:787-796 Full text
28. Bohn KM, Schmidt-French B, Schwartz C, Smotherman M & Pollak GD (2009) Versatility and stereotypy of free-tailed bat songs. PLoS One 4:e6746 Full text
29. Tressler J & Smotherman MS (2009) Context-dependent effects of noise on echolocation pulse characteristics in free-tailed bats. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195:923-34 Full text
30. Schwartz C, Bartell P, Cassone V, & Smotherman M (2009) Distribution of 2-[I]iodomelatonin binding in the brain of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis). Brain Behav Evol 73:16-25 Full text
31. Smotherman M & Guillén-Servent A (2008) Doppler-shift compensation behavior by Wagner’s mustached bat, Pteronotus personatus. J Acoust Soc Am 123:4331-9 Full text
32. Schwartz C, Tressler J, Keller H, Vanzant M, Ezell S, & Smotherman M (2007) The tiny difference between foraging and communication buzzes uttered by the Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 193:853-63 Full text
33. Smotherman MS (2007) Sensory feedback control of mammalian vocalizations. Behavioral Brain Research 182:315-26Full text
34. Smotherman M, Kobayasi K, Ma J, Zhang S, & Metzner W (2006) A mechanism for vocal-respiratory coupling in the mammalian parabrachial nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience 26:4860-9 Full text
35. Smotherman M & Metzner W (2005) Auditory-feedback control of temporal call patterns in echolocating horseshoe bats. J Neurophysiology 93:1295-303 Full text
36. Smotherman M & Metzner W (2003) Fine control of call frequency by horseshoe bats. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 189:435-46 Full text
37. Smotherman M, Zhang S, & Metzner W (2003) A neural basis for auditory feedback control of vocal pitch. Journal of Neuroscience 23:1464-77 Full text
38. Smotherman M & Metzner W (2003) Effects of echo intensity on Doppler-shift compensation behavior in horseshoe bats. J Neurophysiology 89:814-21 Full text
39. Smotherman M (2002) Acetylcholine mediates excitatory input to chromatophore motoneurons in the squid, Loligo pealeii. Biol Bull 203:231-2 Full text
40. Metzner W, Zhang S, & Smotherman M (2002) Doppler-shift compensation behavior in horseshoe bats revisited: auditory feedback controls both a decrease and an increase in call frequency. J Exp Biol 205:1607-16 Full text
41. Smotherman MS & Narins PM (2000) Hair cells, hearing and hopping: a field guide to hair cell physiology in the frog. J Exp Biol 203:2237-46 Full text
42. Smotherman MS & Narins PM (1999) Potassium currents in auditory hair cells of the frog basilar papilla.Hear Res 132:117-30 Full text