Northwestern has been a strong center for the study of sensory physiology, from the mechanics of auditory and olfactory transduction to sensory processing in visual circuitry, to sensory motor integration.

FACULTY:

   • Thomas Bozza
   Molecular genetics and physiology of olfaction

   • Jianhua Cang
   Functional development of the visual system

   • Peter Dallos
   Biophysics and neurobiology of the cochlea

   • Albert Farbman
   Cellular interactions in neuronal development; cell and
   developmental biology of olfaction and taste

   • David Ferster
   Mammalian visual cortex

   • Robert Linsenmeier
   Retinal microenvironment

   • Nina Kraus
   CNS neurobiology of speech-sound encoding, perception and
   perceptual learning

   • Mark Segraves
   Systems and computational neuroscience; sensorimotor 
   integration; cortical control of eye movements in primates

   • Jonathan Siegel
   Cochlear physiology and ultrastucture