Neuronal Mechanisms of Hearing

1. Central Auditory Mechanisms A

   1. Integration and Segregation of Input to the Cat Inferior Colliculus

      • M. N. Semple, L. M. Aitkin

      Pages 155-161

   2. Some Facets of the Organization of the Principal Division of the Cat Medial Geniculate Body

      • L. M. Aitkin, M. B. Calford, C. E. Kenyon, W. R. Webster

      Pages 163-181

   3. Functional Organization of the Medial Geniculate Body Studied by Simultaneous Recordings of Single Unit Pairs

      • P. Heierli, F. de Ribaupierre, A. Toros, Y. de Ribaupierre

      Pages 183-186

   4. Possibilities of Recording Multiunit Activity in the Auditory Pathway

      • E. David

      Pages 187-190

   5. Poststimulatory Effects in the Medial Geniculate Body of Guinea Pigs

      • Christoph Schreiner

      Pages 191-196

   6. How Biosonar Information is Represented in the Bat Cerebral Cortex

      • Nobuo Suga, Kazuro Kuzirai, William E. O’Neill

      Pages 197-219

   7. Three-Dimensional Study of Evoked Field Potentials in the Auditory Cortex of the Cat

      • Márk Molnár, George Karmos, Valéria Csépe

      Pages 221-224

   8. Differential Diagnosis of Hearing Disorders — Clinical Findings Contributing to Information Processing in the Auditory Pathway

      • H. von Specht

      Pages 225-229

2. Central Auditory Mechanisms B

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231

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   2. Binaural Interaction in the Cat Inferior Colliculus: Comparison of the Physiological Data with a Computer Simulated Model

      • Y. Sujaku, S. Kuwada, T. C. T. Yin

      Pages 233-238

   3. Coding Properties of the Different Nuclei of the Cat’s Medial Geniculate Body

      • A. Toros-Morel, F. de Ribaupierre, E. Rouiller

      Pages 239-243

   4. Interaural Delay Sensitive Units in the MGB of the Cat

      • C. Ivarsson, Y. de Ribaupierre, A. Baroffio, F. de Ribaupierre

      Pages 245-249

   5. Temporal Information in the Medial Geniculate Body

      • E. Rouiller, Y. de Ribaupierre, A. Toros, F. de Ribaupierre

      Pages 251-256

   6. Some Investigations of Acoustical Evoked Potentials from Peripheral and Central Structures of the Auditory Pathway in Rabbits

      • M. Biedermann, E. Emmerich, H. Kaschowitz

      Pages 257-259

3. Auditory Localization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261

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   2. Anatomical-Behavioral Analyses of Hindbrain Sound Localization Mechanisms

      • R. B. Masterton, K. K. Glendenning, R. J. Nudo

      Pages 263-275

   3. Effects of Unilateral Ablation of Anteroventral Cochlear Nucleus on Localization of Sound in Space

      • J. H. Casseday, H. A. Smoak

      Pages 277-282

   4. Binaural Interaction Models and Mechanisms

      • H. Steven Colburn, Peter J. Moss

      Pages 283-288

   5. Psychophysical and Neurophysiological Data on the Sound Source Perception

      • J. A. Altman

      Pages 289-299

4. Neural Coding of Speech and Complex Stimuli

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301

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In contrast to the level of interest which is paid to the orga­ nization of meetings about the structure and function of the audi­ tory periphery, the central auditory system has received little attention in the last several years. However, much recent data accu­ mulated during this period has provided auditory physiologists with new ideas about the function of the central auditory system. The successful exploration of new anatomical tracing techniques (triti­ ated aminoacids, horseradish peroxidase, 2-deoxyglucose) together with the collection of electrophysiological data obtained with intra­ cellular and extracellular recordings from the receptors and neurones in the auditory pathway have considerably deepened our understanding of central auditory function. Particular interest was concentrated upon the development of the auditory system under normal conditions and in conditions ofaudi­ tory deprivation. Although, from the methodological point of view, the conditions of reversible auditory deprivation are complicated, promising new data appeared in this field. Similarly the specific ability of the auditory system to encode communication signals and speech sounds has been examined in many laboratories allover the world. A very fruitful method. based upon the results of electrical stimulation of cochlear nerve fibres in experimental animals, is the application of neuroprostheses in deaf patients. At the present time, the method still does not meet all requirements and many improvements will be necessary. Undoubtedly the exploration of the results of recent physiological experiments may help in the further improvement of neuroprostheses.

• attention
• biochemistry
• brain
• communication
• cortex
• experiment
• forebrain
• information processing
• nervous system
• neurons
• perception
• physiology
• system
• time

• Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia

  Josef Syka

• Monash University, Clayton, Australia

  Lindsay Aitkin

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