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 …

Purpose This review outlines the anatomical and functional bases of somatosensory
influences on auditory processing in the normal brainstem and midbrain. It then explores …

The precision of skilled forelimb movement has long been presumed to rely on rapid
feedback corrections triggered by internally directed copies of outgoing motor commands …

In the mammalian cochlea, acoustic information is carried to the brain by the predominant
(95%) large-diameter, myelinated type I afferents, each of which is postsynaptic to a single …

Sequencing of the rat genome has allowed a better understanding of the rat physiology and
biology, in turn promising to translate into a better understanding of human biology and …

Cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs) are known to uniquely participate in auditory processing
through their electromotility, and like inner hair cells, are also capable of releasing vesicular …

Integration of multimodal information is essential for understanding complex environments.
In the auditory system, multisensory integration first occurs in the cochlear nucleus (CN) …

The cochlear nucleus (CN) receives innervation from auditory and somatosensory
structures, which can be identified using vesicular glutamate transporters, VGLUT1 and …

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 …

Geometry of the dendritic tree and synaptic organization of afferent inputs are essential
factors in determining how synaptic input is integrated by neurons. This information remains …