Dr. Jeffrey J. Wenstrup

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Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Professor and ChairAppointed: 2008

Mailing Address

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
State Route 44
P.O. Box 95
Rootstown, Ohio 44272
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (330) 325-6636
Fax: (330) 325-5916
jjw@neoucom.edu
http://www.neoucom.edu/audience/about/departments/anatneuro/faculty/JeffreyWenstrup

Qualifications

Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington, Physiology, 1983.
B.A. (Honors), St. Louis University, Philosophy, 1976.

Expertise and Research Interests

Examination of neural mechanisms of hearing and acoustically guided behavior, and their modulation by the limbic system. I use physiological, pharmacological, and anatomical approaches, including single and multiple channel physiological recording, micro-iontophoresis, neural tract tracing, immunocytochemistry, and in situ hybridization.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Acoustics, Anatomy, Brain, Hearing, Neurology, Otolaryngology, Pharmacology, Sensory Physiology, Vestibular Transduction.

Memberships

Association for Research in Otolaryngology
International Society for Neuroethology
Society for Neuroscience

Previous Positions

2002-2008, Professor, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology
1996-2002, Associate Professor, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Neurobiology and Pharmacology
1990-1996, Assistant Professor, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences, Neurobiology
1989-1989, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Zoology
1986-1989, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley, Physiology-Anatomy
1983-1986, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin, Zoology

Funding Received

  • National Institute of Deafness and Other Communications Disorders: Analyses of Communication Sounds in Auditory Midbrain, $625,000, Jan 10, 2001 to Jan 9, 2006.
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders: Auditory Information Processing in Midbrain and Thalamus, $517,111, Dec 1, 1995 to Mar 31, 2001.
  • National Institute of Deafness and Other Communications Disorders: Auditory Tecto-Thalamic Pathways: Information Processing, $350,000, Dec 1, 1990 to Nov 30, 1995.
  • National Institute of Deafness and Other Communications Disorders: Auditory Information Processing in the Midbrain, $910,000, Apr 1, 2001 to Mar 31, 2006.
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: Auditory Information Processing in the Midbrain: Modulation by the Amygdala., $1,062,000, 2006 to 2011.

Publications

  • Peterson DC, Voytenko S, Gans D, Galazyuk A, Wenstrup J (Aug 2008) Intracellular recordings from combination-sensitive neurons in the inferior colliculus., Journal of neurophysiology, 100 (2), 629-45 Abstract
  • Sanchez JT, Gans D, Wenstrup JJ (Jan 2008) Glycinergic "inhibition" mediates selective excitatory responses to combinations of sounds., The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 28 (1), 80-90 Abstract
  • Sanchez JT, Gans D, Wenstrup JJ (Feb 2007) Contribution of NMDA and AMPA receptors to temporal patterning of auditory responses in the inferior colliculus., The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 27 (8), 1954-63 Abstract
  • Nataraj K, Wenstrup JJ (Apr 2006) Roles of inhibition in complex auditory responses in the inferior colliculus: inhibited combination-sensitive neurons., Journal of neurophysiology, 95 (4), 2179-92 Abstract
  • Marsh RA, Nataraj K, Gans D, Portfors CV, Wenstrup JJ (Jan 2006) Auditory responses in the cochlear nucleus of awake mustached bats: precursors to spectral integration in the auditory midbrain., Journal of neurophysiology, 95 (1), 88-105 Abstract
  • Nataraj K, Wenstrup JJ (Jun 2005) Roles of inhibition in creating complex auditory responses in the inferior colliculus: facilitated combination-sensitive neurons., Journal of neurophysiology, 93 (6), 3294-312 Abstract
  • Sherwood CC, Raghanti MA, Wenstrup JJ (May 2005) Is humanlike cytoarchitectural asymmetry present in another species with complex social vocalization? A stereologic analysis of mustached bat auditory cortex., Brain research, 1045 (1-2), 164-74 Abstract
  • Fuzessery ZM, Wenstrup JJ, Hall JC, Leroy S, Inhibition Has Little Effect on Response Latencies in the Inferior Colliculus., Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : Jaro, 4(1), 60-73, Mar 2003 Abstract
  • Marsh RA, Fuzessery ZM, Grose CD, Wenstrup JJ, Projection to the Inferior Colliculus From the Basal Nucleus of The Amygdala., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience., 22(23), 10449-60, Dec 2002 Abstract
  • Portfors CV, Wenstrup JJ, Excitatory and facilitatory frequency response areas in the inferior colliculus of the mustached bat, Hearing Research, 168, 131-138, 2002
  • Wenstrup JJ, Leroy SA, Spectral integration in the inferior colliculus: role of glycinergic inhibition in response facilitation, Journal of Neuroscience, 21, RC124 (1-6), 2001
  • Portfors CV, Wenstrup JJ, Responses to combinations of tones in the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus, Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, in press, 2001
  • Portfors CV, Wenstrup JJ, Topographical distribution of delay-tuned responses in the mustached bat inferior colliculus, Hearing Research, 15, 95-105, 2001
  • Leroy SA, Wenstrup JJ, Spectral integration in the inferior colliculus of the mustached bat, The Journal of Neuroscience [computer File], 20(22), 8533-41, 2000 Abstract
  • Wenstrup JJ, Frequency organization and responses to complex sounds in the medial geniculate body of the mustached bat, Journal of Neurophysiology, 82(5), 2528-44, November 1999 Abstract
  • Portfors CV, Wenstrup JJ, Delay-tuned neurons in the inferior colliculus of the mustached bat: implications for analyses of target distance, Journal of Neurophysiology, 82(3), 1326-38, September 1999 Abstract
  • Wenstrup JJ, Mittmann DH, Grose CD, Inputs to combination-sensitive neurons of the inferior colliculus, Journal of Comparative Neurology, 409(4), 509-28, July 1999 Abstract
  • Obrist MK, Wenstrup JJ, Hearing and hunting in red bats (Lasiurus borealis, Vespertilionidae): audiogram and ear properties, Journal of Experimental Biology, 201 ( Pt 1), 143-54, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Behav Brain Sci, Combination Sensitive Neurons: A Flexible Neural Strategy for Analyzing Correlated Elements in Sound, 21, 286-287, 1998
  • Mittmann D H, Wenstrup J J, Combination-sensitive neurons in the inferior colliculus., Hearing Research, 90(1-2), 185-91, October 1995 Abstract
  • Wenstrup J J, Grose C D, Inputs to combination-sensitive neurons in the medial geniculate body of the mustached bat: the missing fundamental., Journal of Neuroscience, 15(6), 4693-711, June 1995 Abstract
  • Wenstrup J J, Larue D T, Winer J A, Projections of physiologically defined subdivisions of the inferior colliculus in the mustached bat: targets in the medial geniculate body and extrathalamic nuclei., Journal of Comparative Neurology, 346(2), 207-36, 8 Aug 1994 Abstract
  • Winer J A, Wenstrup J J, The neurons of the medial geniculate body in the mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii)., Journal of Comparative Neurology, 346(2), 183-206, 8 Aug 1994 Abstract
  • Winer J A, Wenstrup J J, Cytoarchitecture of the medial geniculate body in the mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii)., Journal of Comparative Neurology, 346(2), 161-82, 8 Aug 1994 Abstract
  • Winer J A, Wenstrup J J, Larue D T, Patterns of GABAergic immunoreactivity define subdivisions of the mustached bat's medial geniculate body., Journal of Comparative Neurology, 319(1), 172-90, 1 May 1992 Abstract
  • Fuzessery ZM, Hartley DJ, Wenstrup JJ, Spatial processing within the mustache bat echolocation system: possible mechanisms for optimization, Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 170(1), 57-71, January 1992 Abstract
  • Fuzessery ZM, Wenstrup JJ, Pollak GD, Determinants of horizontal sound location selectivity of binaurally excited neurons in an isofrequency region of the mustache bat inferior colliculus, Journal of Neurophysiology, 63(5), 1128-47, May 1990 Abstract
  • Wenstrup JJ, Fuzessery ZM, Pollak GD, Binaural neurons in the mustache bat's inferior colliculus. I. Responses of 60-kHz EI units to dichotic sound stimulation, Journal of Neurophysiology, 60(4), 1369-83, October 1988 Abstract
  • Wenstrup JJ, Fuzessery ZM, Pollak GD, Binaural neurons in the mustache bat's inferior colliculus. II. Determinants of spatial responses among 60-kHz EI units, Journal of Neurophysiology, 60(4), 1384-404, October 1988 Abstract
  • Suthers RA, Hartley DJ, Wenstrup JJ, The acoustic role of tracheal chambers and nasal cavities in the production of sonar pulses by the horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hildebrandti, Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 162(6), 799-813, April 1988 Abstract
  • Wenstrup JJ, Ross LS, Pollak GD, Binaural response organization within a frequency-band representation of the inferior colliculus: implications for sound localization, Journal of Neuroscience, 6(4), 962-73, April 1986 Abstract
  • Wenstrup JJ, Ross LS, Pollak GD, A functional organization of binaural responses in the inferior colliculus, Hearing Research, 17(2), 191-5, February 1985 Abstract
  • Fuzessery ZM, Wenstrup JJ, Pollak GD, A representation of horizontal sound location in the inferior colliculus of the mustache bat (Pteronotus p. parnellii), Hearing Research, 20(1), 85-9, 1985 Abstract
  • Wenstrup JJ, Suthers RA, Do lesions of the superior colliculus affect acoustic orientation in echolocating bats?, Physiology and Behavior, 27(5), 835-9, November 1981 Abstract

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