Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
An attempt to quantify the perception of frequency changes in mice
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Date of Graduation
Spring 2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Advisor(s)
Lincoln C. Gray
Mark Gabriele
Christopher G. Clinard
Abstract
The purpose of my Senior Honors Project is to determine the functional effect of the carefully patterned inputs into the inferior colliculus on auditory processing in mice, and eventually to understand how some important signaling molecules may affect hearing. Through the study of C57 mice, behavioral data was collected and evaluated to indicate whether mice have a consistent perception of frequency changes. This was done by presenting awake, alert mice with a series of tones and auditory startles. A prepulse cue consisting of a change from one frequency to another was presented prior to a startle stimulus to determine the amount of inhibition of the acoustic startle response in mouse. Contrary to expected results, as frequency changes got bigger, inhibition of the startle response decreased.
Recommended Citation
Czulada, Camilla K., "An attempt to quantify the perception of frequency changes in mice" (2016). Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019. 170.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/honors201019/170
