Unipolar brush cells (UBC) are small, glutamatergic neurons residing in the granular layer of
the cerebellar cortex and the granule cell domain of the cochlear nuclear complex. Recent …

The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) has been modeled in numerous studies as a possible
source of tinnitus-generating signals. This hypothesis was originally developed on the basis …

Tinnitus, the perception of a sound in the absence of acoustic stimulation, is often associated
with hearing loss. Animal studies indicate that hearing loss through cochlear damage can …

We report evidence for a context-and not stimulus-dependent functional asymmetry in the
left and right human auditory midbrain, thalamus, and cortex in response to monaural …

Descending pathways in the brain have been known, since the end of the nineteenth
century (Held 1891) but their significance was unappreciated due to the focus on ascending …

Humans and animals maintain accurate sound discrimination in the presence of loud
sources of background noise. It is commonly assumed that this ability relies on the …

For decades, the corticofugal descending projections have been anatomically well
described but their functional role remains a puzzling question. In this review, we will first …

The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) is a first relay of the central auditory system as well as a
site for integration of multimodal information. Vesicular glutamate transporters VGLUT-1 and …

This article reviews descending projections that arise at each level of the auditory system. It
focuses on pathways that both originate and terminate within the main ascending auditory …

Enrico Mugnaini has devoted part of his long and fruitful neuroscientific career to
investigating the structural similarities between the cerebellar cortex and one of the first relay …