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"Homeostatic Control of Temporal Coding by Coordinated LTP and LTD in an Auditory Circuit"

Thanos Tzounopoulos, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
University of Pittsburgh

Monday, November 23, 2009
12:00 PM
SEA 4.244

Reception with Refreshments at 11:30 AM

NETI 2008


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In the article, the authors (who are all affiliated with both the Department of Psychology and the Center for Perceptual Systems) show that a specific brain area is responsible for computing the three-dimensional trajectories of objects (for example, whether an object is flying towards or away from your head). This brain area (known somewhat enigmatically as hMT+) had previously been linked to the computation of two-dimensionalmotion (such as occurs on a TV screen or in the images on the retinas in the back of the eyes), but the computation of three-dimensional motion had been thought to occur elsewhere. The results will force other scientists to rethink the way in which motion and depth are computed and integrated in the human brain. The advanced online version of article can be seen at:
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.2343.html

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