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HST.723J/9.285J - Neural Coding and Perception of Sound

Spring 2009

Cellular Mechanisms in the Cochlear Nucleus (Brown)

Tonotopic projection of auditory-nerve fibers into the cochlear nucleus (from Ryugo and Parks, 2003)

Theme report due 3/30/09.

Pointers to Cochlear Nucleus Papers

Overview  

  1. Trussell LO (2002). PDF  Cellular mechanisms for information coding in auditory brain stem nuclei. In Integrative Functions in the Mammalian Auditory Pathway, edited by D. Oertel, R.R. Fay and A.N Popper. New York: Springer, pp. 72-98.  Review of cellular mechanisms from the perspective of in vitro experiments. 

  2. Koch C and Seguev I (2000).  PDF  The role of single neurons in information processing.  Nature Neurosci. 3:1171-1177.  Concise  overview of the computational capabilities of single neurons. 

In Vivo Neurophysiology

  1. May BJ, Sachs MB (1992). PDF Pointers  Dynamic range of neural rate responses in the ventral cochlear nucleus of awake cats.  J. Neurophysiol. 68:1589-1602.  Brown.  Discussed 3/16.

  2. Joris PX, Smith PH (2008).  PDF Pointers  The volley theory and the spherical cell puzzle.  Neurosci. 154:65-76.  Brown.  Discussed 3/16.

In Vitro Neurophysiology

  1. Cao X-J, Shatadal S, Oertel D. (2007).  PDF Voltage-sensitive conductances of bushy cells of the mammalian ventral cochlear nucleus.  J Neurophysiol 97: 3961–3975.  Brown.  Discussed 3/16.

 

 

2009 Student PowerPoint Presentations

  1. May and Sachs (1992). PPT

  2. Joris and Smith (2008).  PDF

  3. Cao, Shatadal, Oertel (2007).  PPT