Comparative Neurology of Sensory Processing: Octavolateral &Related Modalities

这是一个涉及面非常广的项目，布洛克博士和他的同事们将继续他的长期研究历史，研究各种冷血脊椎动物，主要是鱼类，通过这些系统探测和解释感觉信息，以及这如何导致特定形式的行为。首席调查员被认为是该领域的杰出贡献者。这些研究集中在几个主要主题上。一个是这些动物的神经系统如何过滤、编码和识别刺激的问题。另一个是在不同的中枢神经系统中信息的串联和并行处理的重要争论的重要性。第三个问题是生物体的栖息地含义与理解进化过程的理论重要性之间的关系。所有这些对于我们对神经系统工作原理的理解都是非常重要的，我们有充分的理由预计该项目将带来重大进展。将使用的方法主要是神经活动的电记录，尽管也需要进行一些行为和一些解剖学工作。

This is a very broadly ranging project in which Dr. Bullock and colleagues will continue his long history of studies on systems through which various cold-blooded vertebrates, primarily fish, detect and interpret sensory information and how this leads to specific forms of behavior. The Principal Investigator is recognized as the outstanding contributor to this field. The studies focus on several major themes. One is the question of how stimuli are filtered, encoded and recognized by the nervous systems of these animals. Another is the important issuarative importance of serial and parallel processing of information at various le central nervous system. A third is the relation between the organism's habitatical implications as well as theoretical importance to the understanding of evolutionary processes. All of these are highly significant to our understanding of the workings of neural systems and there is every reason to anticipate that the project will lead to major advances. The methods that will be used are primarily electrical recordings of neural activity, although some behavioral and some anatomical work is also to be conducted.