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The Cellular Basis for Signal Processing in the Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei

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The Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei

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Ramón y Cajal taught us that information in the central nervous system is differentiated and transmitted between individual nerve cells. Lorente de Nó taught us that the cells in the CNS are individuals with unique personalities, which depend on the exact arrangement of the synaptic contacts on their dendrites and the precise distributions of their axons, all of their branches and synaptic endings. In fact Lorente de Nó (’43) emphasized the axonal branching pattern as a criterion for distinguishing neurons.

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Center for Neurological Sciences, The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA

    D. Kent Morest

  2. Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

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  1. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Miguel A. Merchán

  2. University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

    José M. Juiz

  3. Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, USA

    Donald A. Godfrey

  4. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

    Enrico Mugnaini

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Morest, D.K. (1993). The Cellular Basis for Signal Processing in the Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei. In: Merchán, M.A., Juiz, J.M., Godfrey, D.A., Mugnaini, E. (eds) The Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei. NATO ASI series, vol 239. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2932-3_1

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