Axons are generally considered as reliable transmission cables in which stable propagation
occurs once an action potential is generated. Axon dysfunction occupies a central position in …

Most synaptic inputs are made onto the dendritic tree. Recent work has shown that dendrites
play an active role in transforming synaptic input into neuronal output and in defining the …

The smallest detectable interaural time difference (ITD) for sine tones was measured for four
human listeners to determine the dependence on tone frequency. At low frequencies, 250 …

Most spiking neurons are divided into functional compartments: a dendritic input region, a
soma, a site of action potential initiation, an axon trunk and its collaterals for propagation of …

The dominant cue for localization of low-frequency sounds are microsecond differences in
the time-of-arrival of sounds at the two ears [interaural time difference (ITD)]. In mammals …

Many animals use the interaural time differences (ITDs) to locate the source of low frequency
sounds. The place coding theory proposed by Jeffress has long been a dominant model to …

Neurons in the medial superior olive process sound-localization cues via binaural
coincidence detection, in which excitatory synaptic inputs from each ear are segregated onto …

Axonal action potentials initiate the cycle of synaptic communication that is key to our
understanding of nervous system functioning. The field has accumulated vast knowledge of …

Spatial hearing, and more specifically the ability to localize sounds in space, is one of the
most studied and best understood aspects of hearing. Because there is no coding of …

Some neurons in the mammalian auditory system are able to detect and report the
coincident firing of inputs with remarkable temporal precision. A strong, low‐voltage …