Cochlear implantation has become the standard of care for hearing loss not amenable to
amplification by bypassing the structures of the cochlea and stimulating the spiral ganglion …

Neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorders, are highly male
biased, but the underpinnings of this are unknown. Striatal dysfunction has been strongly …

Recurrent deletions and duplications at chromosomal region 16p11. 2 are variably
associated with speech delay, autism spectrum disorder, developmental delay …

GABAergic neurons in the inferior colliculus (IC) play a critical role in auditory information
processing, yet their responses to sound are unknown. Here, we used optogenetic methods …

The cochlear nucleus (CN) is often regarded as the gateway to the central auditory system
because it initiates all ascending pathways. The CN consists of dorsal and ventral divisions …

Detecting regular patterns in the environment, a process known as statistical learning, is
essential for survival. Neuronal adaptation is a key mechanism in the detection of patterns …

Identifying sounds is critical for an animal to make appropriate behavioral responses to
environmental stimuli, including vocalizations from conspecifics. Identification of …

Acoustic communication is a fundamental component of mate and competitor recognition in
a variety of taxa and requires animals to detect and differentiate among acoustic stimuli …

The inferior colliculus (IC), the midbrain auditory integration center, analyzes information
about social vocalizations and provides substrates for higher level processing of vocal …

The sense of hearing evolved in insects many times independently, and different groups use
sound for intraspecific communication, predator detection, and host finding. Although it can …