Douglas C. Fitzpatrick, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty:

Neuronal bases of sound localization performance

Education:

• BS (biochemistry), BA (anthropology): Unviersity of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1980

• PhD (anatomy), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1988

Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC School of Medicine, 1999-present
• Research Associate, Dept. of Anatomy, University of Connecticut Health Center, 1992-1999
• Research Associate, Dept of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, 1988-1992

Recent Publications:

• Coffey, C.S., Ebert, C.S., Marshall, A.F., Skaggs, J.D., Crocker, W.D., Pearson, J.M. and D.C. Fitzpatrick. (2006) Detection of Interaural Correlation by Neurons in the Superior Olivary Complex, Inferior Colliculus and Auditory Cortex of the Unanesthetized Rabbit. Hearing Research, 221:1-16.
• Pearson, J.M., Crocker, W.D., Fitzpatrick, D.C. (2007) Connections of Functional Areas in the Mustached Bat’s Auditory Cortex with the Auditory Thalamus. J. Comp. Neurol., 500:401-418.
• Kuwada S, Fitzpatrick D.C., Batra R and Ostapoff E-M. (2006) Sensitivity to interaural time differences in the dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus of the unanesthetized rabbit: Comparison with other structures. J. Neurophysiol., 95:1309-22
• Fitzpatrick, D.C., S. Kuwada, and R. Batra (2002) Transformations of interaural time difference processing between the superior olivary complex and IC: Beyond the Jeffress model. Hear. Res. 168:79-89.
• Batra, R. and D.C. Fitzpatrick (2002) Monaural and Binaural Processing in the Ventral Nucleus of the Lateral Lemniscus:a Major Source of inhibition to the Inferior Colliculus. Hear. Res. In Press
• Kuwada, S., J.A. Anderson, W.D. D’Angelo. D.C. Fitzpatrick and R. Batra (2002) Sources of the scalp-recorded amplitude-modulation following response. J Am Acad Audiol 13:188-204.
• Batra R, Fitzpatrick D.C. (2002) Processing of interaural temporal disparities in the medial division of the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus. J Neurophysiol 88:666-675.
• Batra R., Fitzpatrick D.C. (2002) Monaural and binaural processing in the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus: a major source of inhibition to the inferior colliculus. Hear Res 168:90-97.
• Fitzpatrick D.C., Kuwada S., Batra R. (2002) Transformations in processing interaural time differences between the superior olivary complex and inferior colliculus: beyond the Jeffress model. Hear Res 168:79-89.
• Fitzpatrick, D.C. and S. Kuwada (2001) Tuning to interaural time differences across frequency. J. Neurosci. 21:4844-4851.
• Fitzpatrick, D.C., Batra, R., and S. Kuwada (2000) Representation of interaural time differences: Beyond the Jeffress model. J. Neurosci. 20: 1605-1615.