Team research topics:

The objective of the Neural Coding in the Auditory System team is to understand how the brain perceives and analyzes complex sounds. Sound processing begins in the ear, where the cochlea breaks down complex sounds into their elementary frequencies. How these frequencies are represented in the brain is a key question in the field of hearing, and in neurosciences in general. We control the signal sent to the brain by the cochlea, by stimulating the sensory cells with light. This extremely precise control of the signal enables us to perform systematic studies to identify the information necessary and sufficient for sound identification.

Projects: Holographic stimulation of the cochlea -Optical cochlear implants

Main techniques used:

Optical development including 2 and 3 photon microscopy and holography techniques, Optogenetics using precise spatiotemporal patterns, Membrane potential imaging, Large-scale electrophysiological recordings (Neuropixels), Neural coding and decoding using machine learning, Modelling and artificial intelligence

Address :
63 rue de Charenton, 75012, Paris

Team leader :
Jérémie Barral
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Administrative Contact Name :
Danuta Oficjalska

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