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 …

Bushy cells of the ventral cochlear nucleus are time-coding neurons. They receive
axosomatic synaptic terminals from the auditory nerve, the so-called endbulb of Held …

T-stellate cells in the ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN) form an ascending pathway that
conveys spectral information from the cochlea to brainstem nuclei, the inferior colliculi, and …

Sound information is transduced into graded receptor potential by cochlear hair cells and
encoded as discrete action potentials of auditory nerve fibers. In the cochlear nucleus …

Pitch is a fundamental attribute in auditory perception involved in source identification and
segregation, music, and speech understanding. Pitch percepts are intimately related to …

The medial olivocochlear reflex has been hypothesized to improve the detection and
discrimination of dynamic signals in noisy backgrounds. This hypothesis was tested here by …

Signal processing in the principal neurons of the anteroventral cochlear nucleus (AVCN) is
modulated by glycinergic inhibition. The kinetics of IPSCs are specific to the target neurons …

Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is associated with weakened inhibition in the central
auditory nervous system including the cochlear nucleus. One of the main inhibitory neurons …

Descending auditory pathways can modify afferent auditory input en route to cortex. One
component of these pathways is the olivocochlear system which originates in brainstem and …

One of the most common reasons for hearing impairment is an auditory nerve (AN) defect.
These defects can be caused by various problems. Up to now, a number of techniques and …