NEURBIO 260: Auditory Neuroscience is taught in Fall Quarter by Professors Karina Cramer, Raju Metherate, and John Middlebrooks.
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Dr. Karina Cramer
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Dr. Raju Metherate
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Dr. John Middlebrooks
Concurrent with BIO SCI N147.
Course Objective:
Multidisciplinary overview of brain mechanisms of hearing. Emphasizes breadth of auditory function and research: single neurons to psychoacoustics, the chochlea to the cortex, and basic science to clinic.
Sample Syllabus:
# | Topic |
1 | Introduction/Orientation |
2 | Sound, Cochlea |
3 | Sensory Transduction |
4 | Noice-Induced Damage |
5 | Auditory Coding of Speech Sounds |
6 | Auditory Nerve |
7 | Auditory Brainstem Anatomy and Physiology I |
8 | Auditory Brainstem Anatomy and Physiology II |
9 | MIDTERM EXAM I |
10 | Special Hearing I |
11 | Special Hearing II |
12 | Auditory Cellular Specialization |
13 | Development I |
14 | Development II |
15 | Journal Discussion |
16 | Development III |
17 | MIDTERM EXAM II |
18 | Auditory Forebrain |
19 | A1 |
20 | Auditory Cortex Processing and Plasticity I |
21 | No Class – Veteran’s Day |
22 | Journal Discussion |
23 | Auditory Cortex Processing and Plasticity II |
24 | Psychoacoustics I |
25 | Psychoacoustics II |
26 | Journal Discussion |
27 | Psychoacoustics III |
28 | MIDTERM EXAM III |
29 | Psychoacoustics IV |
30 | Foundation of Auditory Prosthesis |
31 | No Class – Thanksgiving |
32 | TBA |
33 | Clinical: Cochlear implants |
34 | Clinical: Future Directions |
35 | Journal Discussion |
36 | MIDTERM EXAM IV |