| Rautenberg Philipp |
| Email |
philipp der-rautenberg.de |
| Gender |
Male |
| Nationality |
Germany |
| Year of birth |
1977 |
| Department |
Biologie |
| University |
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt |
| Country (of work) |
Germany |
| Simulation Project Title |
From the Cochlea to the MSO. |
| Type of model |
Systems model |
| Description |
The MSO plays a crucial role in sound localisation. It acts like a coincidence detector.
The neuronal circuit that processes the signal from the cochlea to the MSO is mainly composed
of five parts: the VCN, GBC, SBC, LNTB, MNTB and the MSO. I would like to implement this
circuit (e.g. based on computational models of spiking neurons). A model of the cochlea by
T.P. Zahn could act as input to this circuit in order to stimulate the circuit with signals
resulting from naturalistic sounds. |
| Why complementary |
With my PhD thesis I want to establish a multicompartmental model of the MSO. Therefore
the type of model I suggest for the project is different and the level of abstraction is
higher. On the other hand it would be interesting to see with which requests the MSO has to
comply with considering this interesting approach. |
| Tutor |
Janet Best |