Jun 7, 2019
Efficient coding at the first synapse in the auditory pathway
Date: June 7, 2019 |
3:00 pm –
4:00 pm
Speaker:
Mantas Gabrielaitis
Location: Mondi Seminar Room 3, Central Building
Information about the world of sounds enters the brain through afferent auditory nerve fibers. In mammals, each of them is driven by neurotransmitter release at separate presynaptic active zones of inner hair cell ribbon synapses. Thus, the performance limits of these natural nanomachines define our acoustic perception.
In this talk, I will present the results of a study which combines biophysically-detailed mathematical modeling with information-theoretic approaches to reveal the adaptations of inner hair cell ribbon synapses for efficient encoding of sounds.
In this talk, I will present the results of a study which combines biophysically-detailed mathematical modeling with information-theoretic approaches to reveal the adaptations of inner hair cell ribbon synapses for efficient encoding of sounds.
