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School of Psychological Science
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A/Prof.
Tony Paolini
Associate Professor and Reader |
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Phone: +61
3 9479 2947
Fax: +61 3 9479 1956
a.paolini@latrobe.edu.au
Room 121
Biological Sciences 2 Building |
| BSc(Hons)
MPsych (Clin Neuro) PhD (Melb) MAPS |
During my PhD studies I gained an insight into
the neural mechanisms of olfactory information transfer in the brain,
under the supervision of Dr. John McKenzie at the Department of Physiology,
The University of Melbourne. I was able to perform electrophysiological
experiments in vivo. In particular intracellular recording and dye filling
of neurons helped to explore neural mechanisms. These experiments have
revealed the importance of basal forebrain structures in olfactory signal
transmission, which help to explain the olfactory dysfunctions associated
with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
After completion of my PhD, I was employed as a Research
Fellow at the Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne,
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. I began to investigate with Prof.
Graeme Clark, the neural mechanisms underlying coding of sound information
in the cochlear nucleus (CN). I was able to bring my knowledge and experiences
in the olfactory fields into the area of auditory neuroscience. A primary
goal of my research is to improve the Bionic Ear (Cochlear Implant) device
by examining how the brain responds to electrical and brain stimulation.
In 2002, I was appointed as a full time Lecturer
in the School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University and was promoted
to Senior Lecturer in 2005 and Reader and Associate Professor in 2008.
Here I lecturer in the Behavioural Neuroscience (BN) course and supervise
postgraduate research. I have established and Head a world class Auditory
Neuroscience Laboratory at La Trobe University to continue my investigations
into both basic and clinically orientated research which has been supported
by funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia,
Australian Research Council of Australia and The Garnett Passe and Rodney
Williams Memorial Foundation.
Appointments
1994-2001
1999-2002
2001-2002
2002- 2005
2002- 2004
2002-present
2005-2007
2006-present
2006-2008
2008-present |
Research Fellow
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne
Consultant on a Telstra Project on Speech Recognition Software Systems
Honourary Fellow Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne
Consultant to the Bionic Ear Institute
Lecturer School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University
Honourary Fellow Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne
Senior Lecturer School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University
Honourary Fellow Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne
Head Auditory Clinical Neuroscience Unit, The Bionic Ear Institute
Reader and Associate Professor, School of Psychological Science, La
Trobe University |
Memberships
and associations
The Society for Neuroscience
Australian Neuroscience Society
Australian Psychological Society
General registration Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria

Recent
Publications

Shivadasani M. N., Mauger S. J., Rathbone G. D. and Paolini A. G. (2008)
Inferior colliculus responses to multichannel microstimulation of the
ventral cochlear nucleus: Implications for auditory brainstem implants.
Journal of Neurophysiology 99 (1): 1-13
Youssoufian M., Couchman K., Shivdasani M. N., Paolini A. G. and Walmsley
B. (2008) Maturation of auditory brainstem projections and calyces in
the congenitally deaf (dn/dn) mouse. Journal of Comparative Neurology
506 (3): 442-451
Govic A., Kent S., Levay E. A., Hazi, A, Penman J. and Paolini A.G. (2008)
Testosterone, social and sexual behavior of perinatally and lifelong calorie
restricted offspring. Physiology and Behaviour 9;94(3):516-22
Levay E. A., Paolini A.G., Govic A., Hazi, A, Penman J. and Kent S. (2008)
Anxiety-like behaviour in adult rats perinatally exposed to maternal calorie
restriction. Behavioral Brain Research 22;191(2):164-72.
Govic A., Levay E. A., Hazi, A, Penman J., Kent S. and Paolini A.G. (2008)
Alterations in male sexual behaviour, attractiveness and testosterone
levels induced by an adult-onset calorie restriction regimen. Behavioral
Brain Research 26;190(1):140-6.
Levay E. A., Govic A., Penman J., Paolini A.
G., and Kent S. (2007) Effects of adult-onset calorie restriction on anxiety-like
behavior in rats. Physiology and Behavior 5;92(5): 889-96
Talarico M., Abdilla G., Aliferis M., Balazic I., Giaprakis I., Stefanakis
T., Foenander K., Grayden D.B. and Paolini A.G. (2007) Effect of age and
cognition on childhood speech in noise perception abilities. Audiology
& Neurotology, 12(1):13-9.
Needham K and Paolini A.G. (2007) .The commissural pathway and cochlear
nucleus bushy neurons: an in vivo intracellular investigation. Brain
Research 23;1134(1):113-21
Leao R.N., Sun H, Svahn K., Berntson A., Youssoufian M., Paolini A.G.,
Fyffe R. and Walmsley B. (2006) Topographic organization in the auditory
brainstem of juvenile mice is disrupted in congenital deafness. Journal
of Physiology (London) 571.3 pp 563-578
Needham K and Paolini A.G. (2006) Neural timing, inhibition and the nature
of stellate cell interaction in the ventral cochlear nucleus. Hearing
Research 216-217: 31-42
Nayagam D., Clarey J.C. and Paolini A.G. (2006) Intracellular Responses
and Morphology of Rat Ventral Complex of the Lateral Lemniscus Neurons
In Vivo. Journal of Comparative Neurology 498, 295-315
Nayagam D., Clarey J.C. and Paolini A.G. (2005) Powerful, onset inhibition
in the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus. Journal of Neurophysiology,
94: 1651-1654
Paolini A.G., Clarey J.C., Needham K and Clark G.M. (2005) Balanced inhibition
and excitation underlies spike firing regularity in ventral cochlear nucleus
chopper neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience 21: 1236-1248.
Clarey J.C., Paolini A.G., Grayden D.B., Burkitt A.N. and Clark, G.M.
(2004) Ventral cochlear nucleus coding of voice onset time in naturally
spoken syllables. Hearing Research 190, 37-59.
Grayden D.B., Burkitt A.N., Kenny O.P., Clarey J.C., Paolini, A.G. and
Clark G.M. (2004) A cochlear implant speech processing strategy based
on an auditory model. IEEE, ISSNIP.
Paolini A.G., Clarey J.C., Needham K and Clark G.M. (2004) Fast inhibition
alters first spike timing in auditory brainstem neurons. Journal of
Neurophysiology 92, 2615-21
Shepherd R.K., Roberts L.A. and Paolini A.G. (2004) Long-term sensorineural
hearing loss induces functional changes in the rat auditory nerve. European
Journal of Neuroscience 20: 3131-3140.
Mulders W.A.M., Paolini A.G., Needham K. and Robertson D. (2003) Olivocochlear
collaterals evoke excitatory effects in onset neurones of the rat cochlear
nucleus. Hearing Research, 176: 113-121
Needham K and Paolini A.G. (2003) Fast inhibition
underlies the transmission of auditory information between cochlear nuclei.
Journal of Neuroscience, 23: 6357-6361.
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