From: tratnana@lander.wbme.jhu.edu (Tilak Ratnanather)
Subject: Neural Mechanisns of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems II
Organization: Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:53:21 GMT

Symposium Schedule
Neural Mechanisms of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems - II

Sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Hearing and Balance,
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.




DAY 1 	Tuesday, December 1, 1992

7:30-8:15	Registration and continental breakfast
8:15-8:30	Welcome and overview - W.E. Brownell
8:30-9:00	Tribute to Jerzy E. Rose: - Jay M. Goldberg, and Vernon B. Mountcastle.

Session 1	Chair - W.E. Brownell

9:00-9:45	The evolution of vertebrate hair-cell systems - G.A. Manley
9:45-10:30	Embryological development of the VIIIth nerve from the otic placode to the
		formation and innervation of the brainstem - R.G. Baker
	- BREAK -
10:45-11:30	Transduction, adaptation and synaptic transmission by hair cells - D.P. Corey. 
11:30-12:15	Afferent & efferent mechanisms in the semicircular canals - J.M. Goldberg.

	- LUNCH -

Session 2	Chair - D.A. Robinson

1:15-2:00	Otolith structure and function - I.S. Curthoys
2:00-2:45	Space and the vestibular system: what has been learned? - L.R. Young

	- BREAK -

Session 3	Chair - E.D. Young

3:00-3:45	The mammalian cochlea: bidirectional transduction - P. Dallos

3:45-4:30	Afferent & efferent innervation of the cochlea: Stimulus coding and the role of
		efferent feedback - M.C. Liberman

4:30-5:15	Parallel pathways for processing of auditory information - E.D. Covey

	- ADJOURN -

7:30-10:30	Keynote address - Musings of a Labyrinthine Kind: from Dancing Hair - cells to
		Dancing Bodies - Geoffrey Melvill Jones, (dinner/tour of the National Aquarium:)



DAY 2	Wednesday, December 2, 1992

8:00-8:30	Continental breakfast

Session 4	Chair - C.E. Carr

8:30-9:15	Hair cell regeneration in the auditory and vestibular systems - J.T. Corwin 

9:15-10:00	Chemical neuroanatomy of brainstem auditory pathways - E. Mugnaini 

	- BREAK -

10:15-11:00	Biophysics of information processing in the auditory system - P.B. Manis

11:00-11:45	Motor learning in the vestibulo-ocular reflex - S.G. Lisberger

11:45-12:00	The search for the plastic synapse - D.A. Robinson

	- LUNCH -

Session 5	Chair - D.S. Zee

1:00-1:45	Brainstem pathways and neuronal processing for vestibuloocular &
		vestibulocollic reflexes - B.W. Peterson

1:45-2:30	Stabilization of gaze during angular locomotion - B. Cohen

	- BREAK -

2:45-3:30	Functional mapping of auditory & vestibular perception - J.A. Fiez 

3:30-4:15	Acoustic space: cues, pathways and maps - E.D. Young

4:15-5:00	Musical space: the analysis and organization of musical information
		- S.E. McAdams



POSTERS:	registrant posters will be on display throughout the meeting.  

For further information contact the JHU office of Continuing Education
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fax 410-955-0807

-- 
Tilak Ratnanather, D.Phil.,    Internet: tratnana@eureka-gold.wbme.jhu.edu
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