The University of Sydney
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Dr Christine Koeppl

T: +61 2 9351 5037
F: +61 2 9351 2058
F13 - Anderson Stuart Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Research interests

Christine Koeppl is an internationally recognised expert on non-mammalian animal models in auditory research and on the evolution of the auditory system in vertebrates.

Current national competitive grants

2009

Evolution of sound localisation in vertebrates: head size, sound frequency and neural phase-locking
ARC Discovery Project $343,000 over 3 years

Publications

2009

Wibowo, E, Brockhausen, J, Köppl, C. Efferent innervation to the auditory basilar papilla of scincid lizards. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2009; 516:74-85
Köppl, C. Evolution of sound localisation in land vertebrates. Current Biology. 2009; 19:R635-R639
Neubauer, H, Köppl, C, Heil, P. Spontaneous activity of auditory nerve fibers in the barn owl (Tyto alba): analyses of interspike interval distributions. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2009; 101:3169-3191

2008

Köppl, C, Carr, C. Maps of interaural time difference in the chicken's brainstem nucleus laminaris. Biological Cybernetics. 2008; 98:541-559
Manley, G, Köppl, C. What have lizard ears taught us about auditory physiology?. Hearing research. 2008; 238:3-11

2007

Koeppl, C. Spontaneous generation in early sensory development. Journal of neurophysiology. 2007; 98:1843-4
Köppl, C, Nickel, R. Prolonged maturation of cochlear function in the barn owl after hatching. Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology. 2007; 193:613-624
Köppl, C, Gleich, O. Evoked cochlear potentials in the barn owl. Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology. 2007; 193:601-612

2005

Köppl, C, Futterer, E, Nieder, B, Sistermann, R, Wagner, H. Embryonic and posthatching development of the barn owl (Tyto alba): reference data for age determination. Developmental dynamics. 2005; 233:1248-1260

2004

Köppl, C, Forge, A, Manley, G. Low density of membrane particles in auditory hair cells of lizards and birds suggests an absence of somatic motility. The Journal of comparative neurology. 2004; 479:149-155
Manley, G, Sienknecht, U, Köppl, C. Calcium modulates the frequency and amplitude of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions in the bobtail skink. Journal of neurophysiology. 2004; 92:2685-2693
Carr, C, Köppl, C. Coding interaural time differences at low best frequencies in the barn owl. Journal of Physiology Paris. 2004; 98:99-112
Grothe, B, Carr, C, Casseday, J, Fritzsch, B, Koeppl, C. The evolution of central pathways and their neural processing patterns. In: Evolution of the vertebrate auditory system. United States: Springer Verlag 2004. p. 289-359.
Gleich, O, Fischer, F, Koeppl, C, Manley, G. Hearing organ evolution and specialization: Archosaurs. In: Evolution of the vertebrate auditory system. United States: Springer Verlag 2004. p. 224-255.

2003

Raabe, T, Köppl, C. Bilaterally-projecting efferent neurones to the basilar papilla in the barn owl and the chicken. Brain research. 2003; 986:124-131
Köppl, C, Carr, C. Computational diversity in the cochlear nucleus angularis of the barn owl. Journal of neurophysiology. 2003; 89:2313-2329
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