Loudness recruitment, an abnormally rapid growth of perceived loudness with sound level,
is a common symptom of sensorineural hearing loss. Following acoustic trauma, auditory …

Endocannabinoids (ECs) act as retrograde messengers that enable postsynaptic cells to
regulate the strength of their synaptic inputs. Here, by using physiological and histological …

Commissural neurons connect the cochlear nucleus complexes of both ears. Previous
studies have suggested that the neurons may be separated into two anatomical subtypes on …

It is well established that the cochlear nucleus (CN) of developing species is susceptible to
loss of synaptic connections from the auditory periphery. Less information is known about …

Neurons in the cochlear nucleus (CN) have distinct anatomical and biophysical
specializations and extract various facets of auditory information which are transmitted to the …

The action of olivocochlear collaterals to the cochlear nucleus is not fully established.
Synaptic ultrastructure suggests an excitatory role. Extracellular recordings show spikes …

Neurons in the ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN) that respond primarily at the onset of a pure
tone stimulus show diversity in terms of peri-stimulus-time-histograms (PSTHs), rate-level …

Hearing loss clearly alters the function and connectivity in auditory pathways in the brain.
The effects of an auditory receptor lesion on the auditory pathway might be linked to the …

Acoustic over exposure (AOE) triggers hearing loss and tinnitus but cellular mechanisms
underlying those auditory defects are still poorly understood. This thesis explores the …