Auditory Pathway: Structure and Function

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
New Aspects of Comparative Peripheral Auditory Physiology....Pages 3-12
Transfer Function of the Outer Ear of the Guinea Pig Measured by FFT and FFT Scan Analysis of Cochlear Microphonic Response....Pages 13-16
Elastic Properties of the Tectorial Membrane in Vivo ....Pages 17-21
Cytoskeletal Organisation in the Apex of Cochlear Hair Cells....Pages 23-28
Further Investigation About the Function of Inner Ear Melanin....Pages 29-34
The Thromboxane/Prostacyclin Balance in Guinea Pig Cochlea....Pages 35-39
Peripheral Auditory Development in the Cat and Rat....Pages 41-44
Noise Induced Hair Cell Loss During the Sensitive Period of Developing Rat Pup Cochlea....Pages 45-50
Interaural Difference of Pseudothreshold of Stimulated Otoacoustic Emission in Unilateral Inner Ear Impairments....Pages 51-55
Responses of Cochlear Afferents to Low-Frequency Tones: Intensity Dependence....Pages 57-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Anatomy of the Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei; a Review....Pages 65-75
Observations on the Cytoarchitecture of the Guinea Pig Ventral Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 77-82
Cellular Connections Revealed by Transneuronal Transport of HRP in the Guinea Pig Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 83-87
Morphometric and Cytoarchitectural Study of the Different Neuronal Types in the VCN of the Rat....Pages 89-93
Relationship between the Level of Origin of Primary Fibers in the Rat Cochlea and their Spatial Distribution in the Rat Cochlear Nuclei....Pages 95-99
The Central Projection of Intracellularly Labeled Auditory Nerve Fibers: Morphometric Relationships Between Structural and Physiological Properties....Pages 101-106
Neurotransmitter Microchemistry of the Cochlear Nucleus and Superior Olivary Complex....Pages 107-121
Cholinergic, Gaba-Ergic, and Noradrenergic Input to Cochlear Granule Cells in the Guinea Pig and Monkey....Pages 123-131
Glutamate Decarboxylase Immunostaining in the Human Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 133-139
Forward Masking of Single Neurons in the Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 141-147
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Responses of Cat Ventral Cochlear Nucleus Neurones to Variations in the Rate and Intensity of Electric Current Pulses....Pages 149-154
Cochlear Frequency Selectivity and Brainstem Evoked Response (BER) Dependence on Click Polarity....Pages 155-161
Latency “Shift” of the Wave V in Bera for Lower Frequencies?....Pages 163-164
The Influence of Relaxation, Quality and Gain of Signals on Bera Latency....Pages 165-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Organization of the Lateral Lemniscal Fibers Converging Onto the Inferior Colliculus in the Cat: An Anatomical Review....Pages 171-183
Different Binaural Inputs Subdividing Isofrequency Planes in Chick Inferior Colliculus: Evidence from 2-Deoxyglucose....Pages 185-190
Functional Organization of the Ventral and Medial Divisions of the Medial Geniculate Body (MGB) of the Cat....Pages 191-196
Topography of the Thalamotelencephalic Projections in the Auditory System of a Songbird (Sturnus Vulgaris)....Pages 197-202
Study with Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) of the Connections Between the Cochlear Nuclei and the Inferior Colliculus of the Rat....Pages 203-205
Physiological Properties of Units in the Cochlear Nucleus are Adequate for a Model of Periodicity Analysis in the Auditory Midbrain....Pages 207-212
Monaural Phase Sensitivity in Neurons from the Cat’s Auditory System....Pages 213-216
Cochlear Potentials and Responses from Structures of Auditory Pathway Influenced by High-Intensive Noise....Pages 217-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Auditory Cortex: Multiple Fields, their Architectonics and Connections in the Mongolian Gerbil....Pages 223-228
Golgi Studies on the Human Auditory Cortex....Pages 229-232
Structure of the Gaba-Ergic Inhibitory System in the Chicken Auditory Pathway Revealed by Immunocytochemistry....Pages 233-237
Function of the GABA-Ergic Inhibitory System in the Chicken Auditory Forebrain....Pages 239-244
Resolution of Components of Harmonic Complex Tones by Single Neurons in the Alert Auditory Cortex....Pages 245-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Physiology of the Olivocochlear Efferents....Pages 253-267
Physiology of Cochlear Efferents in the Mammal....Pages 269-278
Descending Central Auditory Pathway — Structure and Function....Pages 279-292
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Localization of Cortical Neurons Projecting to the Inferior Colliculus in the Rat and Guinea Pig....Pages 293-298
Efferent Descending Projections from the Inferior Colliculus in Guinea Pig....Pages 299-303
Some Speculations on the Function of the Descending Auditory Pathways....Pages 305-309
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Human Auditory Physiology Studied with Positron Emission Tomography....Pages 313-317
Medial Geniculate Body Unit Responses to Cat Cries....Pages 319-322
Projections from Superior Temporal Gyrus: Convergent Connections between Structures Involved in Both Audition and Phonation....Pages 323-326
Neural Processing of AM-Sounds within Central Auditory Pathway....Pages 327-331
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Properties of Central Auditory Neurones of Cats Responding to Free-Field Acoustic Stimuli....Pages 335-347
Information Processing Concerning Moving Sound Sources in the Auditory Centers and its Utilization by Brain Integrative and Motor Structures....Pages 349-354
Back Matter....Pages 355-363