The acoustic environment contains biologically relevant information on timescales from
microseconds to tens of seconds. The auditory brainstem nuclei process this temporal …

The principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian cochlear nucleus (CN) is glycine.
During age-related hearing loss (AHL), glycinergic inhibition becomes weaker in CN …

The axons of commissural neurons that project from one cochlear nucleus to the other were
studied after labeling with anterograde tracer. Injections were made into the dorsal …

Perceptual abnormalities such as hyperacusis and tinnitus often occur following acoustic
overexposure. Although such exposure can also result in permanent threshold elevation …

Two major classes of projecting neurons in the ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN)—the bushy
cell and the stellate cell—exhibit distinct spectral and temporal coding characteristics. While …

The cochlear nucleus is the first central processor of auditory information and provides
afferent input to most of the major brainstem and midbrain auditory nuclei. Presently, the lack …