Ribbon‐class synapses in the ear achieve analog to digital transformation of a continuously
graded membrane potential to all‐or‐none spikes. In mammals, several auditory nerve …

Phasic neurons, which do not fire repetitively to steady depolarization, are found at various
stages of the auditory system. Phasic neurons are commonly described as band-pass filters …

In vertebrates, all acoustic information transmitted from the inner ear to the central auditory
system is relayed by primary auditory afferents (auditory‐nerve fibers; ANFs). These neurons …

In many natural listening situations, meaningful sounds (eg, speech) fluctuate in slow
rhythms among other sounds. When a slow rhythmic auditory stream is selectively attended …

Many synapses contain both AMPA receptors (AMPAR) and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors
(NMDAR), but their different roles in synaptic computation are not clear. We address this …

Neurons possess multiple voltage-dependent conductances specific for their function. To
investigate how low-threshold outward currents improve the detection of small signals in a …

Recently, with the use of an amplitude-modulated binaural beat (AMBB), in which sound
amplitude and interaural-phase difference (IPD) were modulated with a fixed mutual …

Corollary discharge is essential to an animal's ability to filter self-generated from external
stimuli. This includes acoustic communication, although direct demonstration of a corollary …

To study how sound intensity altered the temporal response pattern of a unit, we recorded
from 92 single neurons in the inferior colliculus (IC) of the little brown bat and investigated …

Many auditory neurons possess low-threshold potassium currents (I KLT) that enhance their
responsiveness to rapid and coincident inputs. We present recordings from gerbil medial …