Computational Modelling Group

Seminar  27th October 2010 1 p.m.  University of Southampton, Building 54, Seminar Room 10B (Room 10037 on the 10th floor)

The Structure of Spike Trains: A Signal Processor Looks at Auditory Neurons

Dr Matthew Wright
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton

Web page
http://www.symbiosis.soton.ac.uk/index.php
Categories
Acoustics, Biomechanics, Complex Systems, Healthcare modelling, Human environment interaction, Structural biology, Systems biology
Submitter
Petrina Butler

Symbiosis Seminar

Speaker

Dr Matthew Wright: http://www.isvr.soton.ac.uk/staff/staff18.htm

ABSTRACT

When an acoustic tone is played in a mammal's ear it evokes a train of spikes in some of the neurons in the Cochlear Nucleus, the first stage in the brain's processing aparatus for auditory signals.

This talk will show how a statistical analysis of the statistics of these spike trains, using standard signal-processing techniques reveals new and interesting information about their behaviour.

Refreshments will be available.

Contact

Thomas Blumensath

Symbiosis Research Fellow and Facilitator

Building 58 - Room 2087

School of Mathematics

University of Southampton

Tel.: +44 (0) 23 8059 4546


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