Firing activities of auditory cortical neurons during categorical task performance in behaving monkeys [Elektronische Ressource] / von Elena Selezneva

Firing activities of auditory cortical neurons during categorical task performance in behaving monkeys Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademisches Grades doktor rerum naturallium (Dr. rer.nat.) genehmigt durch die Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg von Elena Selezneva geb. am 05.07.1977 in Moskau Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Thomas Münte Prof. Dr. Henning Scheich Prof. Dr. Yuri Alexandrov eingereicht am: 30.05.06 verteidigt am: 11.01.07 Acknowledgment This work was performed during the time from October 2000 till May 2006 in Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Department Auditory Learning and Speech, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Henning Scheich. Here, I would like to thank the people who have helped during my studies for making my experience in the lab both educational and pleasurable. First of all I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Henning Scheich, for giving me the opportunity to do my PhD in his group, for his ideas and for his support. I am also especially thankful to my supervisor PD Dr. Michael Brosch for his guidance, encouragement and endless patience. I sincerely appreciate his suggestions and his help. I thank Cornelia Bucks who not only provided an excellent technical assistance by behavioral and electrophysiological experiments but also taught me German and was always a good friend for me.