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External Seminar: Dr Johannes Dahmen

25 January 2019, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

External Seminar series: Johannes Dahmen

We are delighted to host Dr Johannes Dahmen (University of Oxford) for his talk entitled: "Contextual influences on neural processing in auditory cortex, thalamus and midbrain of the mouse"

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Organiser

Dr Jennifer Linden
02076798963

Location

Seminar Room G33
UCL Ear Institute
332 Gray's Inn Road
London
WC1X 8EE
United Kingdom

The talk will take place on Friday 25th January at 1pm in the seminar room.

Abstract:

“Classically, auditory perception is thought to rely on the flow of information from the sensory periphery via a sequence of hierarchically organised brain structures up to the cortex. However, perception is also highly dependent on the context in which a given stimulus occurs such as input from other sensory modalities, stimulus history and an animal’s actions, intentions and expectations. In the lab we combine transsynaptic tracing, electrophysiology, two-photon calcium imaging, optogenetics and behavioural analysis to a) document how such contextual variables affect processing in the auditory system and b) reveal the circuits that give rise to these effects. I aim to share the results from three ongoing projects focussing on the auditory cortex, thalamus and midbrain of the mouse.”

About the Speaker

Dr Johannes Dahmen

Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist at University of Oxford

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