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[Eugene Bruce]

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION(SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS)
Respiratory Dynamics Lab, University of Kentucky Center for Biomedical
Engineering

     This position is part of an NIH-funded project to identify causes of
irregular breathing and apnea.  The project involves experimental and
computational studies aimed at understanding nonlinear modulation of
respiratory rhythm by sensory afferents from the lungs and upper airway.
Specific sub-projects include: (1) characterization of vagal deflation
receptors in rats from single-unit recordings;  (2) analysis of modulation
of breathing pattern by upper airway afferents using techniques from
nonlinear dynamics, including the development of new theoretical approaches
to signal processing;  
(3) mathematical modelling of the integration of sensory afferents with
neural circuits for respiratory pattern formation;  (4) experimental
analysis and modelling of responses of upper airway and chest wall muscles
to transient respiratory stimuli using linear and nonlinear system
identification methods.  Future work will address the development of an
in-vitro brainstem-spinal cord preparation for studying respiratory
sensorimotor integration.  The ideal applicant will be able to contribute to
aspects of both the experimental studies and the modelling or signal
analysis efforts.  The position is available immediately.
     More information about the laboratory can be found at the URL
                http://www.uky.edy/RGS/CBME/bruce.html.
Information about related neuroscience activities at the Center is available
at                 http://www.uky.edu/RGS/CBME/CBMENeuralControl.html.
     Additional information about this position is available via email
inquiries to  bruce at bme1.image.uky.edu, or by telephone (606-257-3774).
Applications (curriculum vitae and names of references) may be sent to Dr.
Eugene Bruce by email, or by postal mail to Wenner Gren Research Laboratory,
University of Kentucky, Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40506-0070.  (Posted on
8/22/96.)
Eugene Bruce, Ph. D.
Center for Biomedical Engineering
Univ. of Kentucky
BRUCE at BME1.IMAGE.UKY.EDU