The Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei: Organization and Function

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Cellular Basis for Signal Processing in the Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Cell Birth, Formation of Efferent Connections, and Establishment of Tonotopic Order in the Rat Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 19-28
Postnatal Development of Auditory Nerve Projections to the Cochlear Nucleus in Monodelphis Domestica ....Pages 29-42
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Anatomical and Physiological Studies of Type I and Type II Spiral Ganglion Neurons....Pages 43-54
Topographic Organization of Inner Hair Cell Synapses and Cochlear Spiral Ganglion Projections to the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 55-63
Ultrastructural Analysis of Synaptic Endings of Auditory Nerve Fibers in Cats: Correlations with Spontaneous Discharge Rate....Pages 65-74
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Intrinsic Connections in the Cochlear Nuclear Complex Studied in Vitro and in Vivo ....Pages 75-90
The Synaptic Organization of the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus of the Cat: The Peripheral Cap of Small Cells....Pages 91-105
Alterations in the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus of Cerebellar Mutant Mice....Pages 107-119
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
Non-Cochlear Projections to the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus: Are they Mainly Inhibitory?....Pages 121-131
Non-Primary Inputs to the Cochlear Nucleus Visualized Using Immunocytochemistry....Pages 133-141
Superior Olivary Cells with Descending Projections to the Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 143-151
Descending Projections from the Inferior Colliculus to the Cochlear Nuclei in Mammals....Pages 153-165
Front Matter....Pages N9-N9
Localizing Putative Excitatory Endings in the Cochlear Nucleus by Quantitative Immunocytochemistry....Pages 167-177
Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors in the Rat Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 179-194
Glycine and GABA: Transmitter Candidates of Projections Descending to the Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 195-210
Inhibitory Amino Acid Synapses and Pathways in the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 211-224
Glycinergic Inhibition in the Cochlear Nuclei: Evidence for Tuberculoventral Neurons being Glycinergic....Pages 225-237
GABA and Glycine Inputs Control Discharge Rate within the Excitatory Response Area of Primary-Like and Phase-Locked AVCN Neurons....Pages 239-252
Neuropharmacological and Neurophysiological Dissection of Inhibition in the Mammalian Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 253-266
Front Matter....Pages N9-N9
Comparison of Quantitative and Immunohistochemistry for Choline Acetyltransferase in the Rat Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 267-278
Choline Acetyltransferase in the Rat Cochlear Nuclei: Immunolocalization with a Monoclonal Antibody....Pages 279-290
Front Matter....Pages N11-N11
The Cochlear Root Neurons in the Rat, Mouse and Gerbil....Pages 291-301
Projections of Cochlear Nucleus to Superior Olivary Complex in an Echolocating Bat: Relation to Function....Pages 303-319
The Monaural Nuclei of the Lateral Lemniscus: Parallel Pathways from Cochlear Nucleus to Midbrain....Pages 321-334
Ascending Projections from the Cochlear Nucleus to the Inferior Colliculus and their Interactions with Projections from the Superior Olivary Complex....Pages 335-347
Responses of Cochlear Nucleus Cells and Projections of their Axons....Pages 349-360
Physiology of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus Molecular Layer....Pages 361-371
Coding of the Fundamental Frequency of Voiced Speech Sounds and Harmonic Complexes in the Cochlear Nerve and Ventral Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 373-384
Front Matter....Pages N13-N13
Computer Modelling of the Cochlear Nucleus....Pages 385-394
Regularity of Discharge Constrains Models of Ventral Cochlear Nucleus Bushy Cells....Pages 395-410
Cross-Correlation Analysis and Phase-Locking in a Model of the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus Stellate Cell....Pages 411-420
Front Matter....Pages N15-N15
The Development and Evaluation of Cochlear Nucleus Prostheses....Pages 421-430
Front Matter....Pages N17-N17
Lorente de Nó’s Scientific Life....Pages 431-435
Sensoritopic and Topologic Organization of the Vestibular Nerve....Pages 437-449
Lorente de Nó and the Hippocampus: Neural Modeling in the 1930s....Pages 451-456
The Rat Entorhinal Cortex. Limited Cortical Input, Extended Cortical Output....Pages 457-466
Axonal Patterns of Interneurons in the Cerebral Cortex: In Memory of Rafael Lorente de Nó....Pages 467-478
 Glomérulos , Barrels, Columns and Maps in Cortex: An Homage to Dr. Rafael Lorente de Nó....Pages 479-501
Lorente de Nó: The Electrophysiological Experiments of the Latter Years....Pages 503-511
Back Matter....Pages 513-517