Neuroscience Faculty

Neuroanatomy and anatomical basis of neurology; pathways for sound localization; comparative psychology and evolution of sensory systems.

I am interested in two main research areas, Comparative and developmental neuroanatomy. In my comparative work I have looked at over 60 brains giving a fair representation of mammalian species. I have one of the most extensive data collections in the world (59 species of mammals) on the morphology of the nuclei of the auditory system. My developmental work involves the use of tritiated thymidine autoradiography in monodelphis opossum, a marsupial. My focus is on the thalamus of the brain in this marsupial. The number of neurons located in particular nuclei of the thalamus depend on the rate at which their neuron precursors are produced.

The Evolution of Auditory Pathways Underlying Human Hearing. 2005 K.K. Glendenning.

Brain, Behavior and Learning. 2004 K.K. Glendenning. Kendall/Hunt, ISBN 0-7575-0811-1, 311 pgs.

Glendenning, K. K. Distribution of Muscimol, QNB and 5HT Binding in the Vertebrate Diencephalon: A Comparative Study of Eight Mammals and Three Non-Mammals. Microscopy Research and Technique. 2003, 62:247-261.

Kircher, A. and Glendenning, K.K. The Human Brain; Conservation of the Subcortical Auditory System, The Mankind Quarterly, 2001.

Glendenning, K.K., and Masterton, R.B. Comparative Morphometry of Mammalian Central Auditory Systems: Variation in Nuclei and Form of the Ascending System. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 1998.

Glendenning, K.K., Thalamic inhibition in the evolution of human intelligence: Evolutionary pressure for cortical inhibition. The Mankind Quarterly, 1998, 38:1-18.

Glendenning, K. K. and K.A. Hutson Lack of topography in the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus. Microscopy Research and Technique, 1998, 41:298-312.

Sutherland, D. P.*, Glendenning, K. K., and Masterton, R. B. Role of acoustic striae in hearing: Discrimination of sound-source elevation. Hearing Research, 1998, 120:86-108.

Sutherland, D. P.*, Glendenning, K. K., and Masterton, R. B. Role of acoustic striae in hearing: Reflexive responses to elevated sound-sources. Behavioural Brain Research, 1998, 97:1-12.

Stasiak, M.* and Glendenning, K.K. Lack of projections from medial geniculate body to suprasylvian cortex in cat: a study with horseradish peroxidase, Acta Neurobiol. Exp. 1998, 58:177-188.