The Central Auditory System
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 13 February 1997
- ISBN 9780195096842
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages416 pages
- Size 241x165x25 mm
- Weight 748 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous line drawings, tables 0
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Short description:
This is a graduate-level text on the neurobiology of hearing. The structure and function of the central auditory pathway at all levels are covered in depth.
MoreLong description:
An all-in-one-volume approach to the structure and function of the central auditory system of mammals, this richly illustrated book provides a concise overview of the subject in the first chapter, followed by an in-depth treatment of all levels of the central auditory pathway in the next four chapters. The authors expertly integrate general aspects of sound processing at a given level of the system with special topics relevant to that level. The emphasis shifts from a cellular level of auditory analysis at the first brain centre to the interplay of fifteen centres in a maze of connecting loops using various neurotransmitters, to the organisation of topographic maps of neuronal responses in the midbrain, to questions of how a highly parallel and hierarchical system of distributed thalamic and cortical information channels can function so that, finally, sounds may be perceived and recognized. This book is intended for both the researcher who needs a quick reference, and the expert with a more specialized and detailed interest in the subject.
a detailed review, as exhaustive as possible, of the structure and function of the central auditory pathways...It is certain that for years this outstanding and well-documented book will be considered a reference source for scientists, students and researchers dealing with central auditory pathways and auditory processing. It will also be useful to all clinicians, neurologists and neuro-psychologists anxious to support clinical data with documentary experimental evidence.
Table of Contents:
Part 1. Functional Organization of the Auditory Pathways (E.M. Rouiller)
Chapter 1. Primary auditory neurons (auditory nerve)
Anatomical properties
Functional properties (type I primary auditory neurons)
Spontaneous activity
Tonal seletivity (tuning curves)
Response types (PSTH)
Two-tone suppression
Synchronization
Intensity function
Response latency
Responses to complex stimuli
Type II primary auditory neurons
Chapter 2. Cochlear nucleus
Anatomical properties
Functional properties
Response types (PSTH)
Tuning properties
Preservation/degradation of temporal resolution
Coding of complex sounds
Tonotopic organization
Correlations between anatomy and electrophysiology
Central projection of auditory nerve fibers
Cochlear nucleus neurons: correlation between unit types and cell types
Efferent projections (preliminary description)
Chapter 3. Superior olivary complex (SOC)
Anatomical properties
Functional properties
Response types and tuning
Temporal resolution
Tonotopic organization
Binaural interactions
Chapter 4. Lateral lemniscus
Anatomical properties
Functional properties
Chapter 5. Inferior colliculus
Anatomical properties
Functional properites
Response types, tonal selectivity, tonotopy
Temporal resolution
Intensity functions
ICP and ICX
Binaural interactions, cues for sound localization
Multimodal responses
Chapter 6. Superior colliculus
Chapter 7. Thalamus and cerebral cortex
Auditory thalamus
Medial geniculate body: cytoarchitecture and interconnections
Lateral part of the posterior nucleus of the thalamus (PO)
Three distinct systems of thalamocortical projections
The reticular nucleus of the thalamus (RE)
Auditory cortex: distinct areas and interconnections
Parallel functional channels: response properties
Response types, tonal selectivity, tonotopy
Intensity functions and response latency
Temporal resolution
Binaural interactions
Lateral part of posterior group of thalamus (PO)
Reticular nucleus of thalamus
Chapter 8. Parallel and hierarchical organization
Chapter 9. Descending auditory pathways ("feedback")
Chapter 10. Brainstem auditory evoked potentials
Part 2. Anatomical and Functional Aspects of the Cochlear Nucleus (R. Romand and P. Avan)
Chapter 1. Anatomy of the cochlear nucleus
Chapter 2. Neuropharmacological aspects of the cochlear nucleus
Chapter 3. The functional activity of the cochlear nucleus
Part 3. Superior Olivary Complex and Nuclei of the Lateral Lemniscus (R.H. Helfert and A. Aschoff)
Chapter 1. Superior olivary complex
Chapter 2. Nuclei of the lateral lemniscus
Part 4. The Auditory Midbrain, a "Shunting-Yard" of Acoustical Information Processing (G. Ehret)
Chapter 1. The structure behind mechanisms
Chapter 2. Mechanisms of function
Chapter 3. Contributions to hearing
Part 5. Acoustical Information Processing in the Auditory Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex (F. de Ribaupierre)
Chapter 1. Auditory thalamus
Chapter 2. Auditory cortex
Chapter 3. Cortico-thalamic connections
Chapter 4. Intracortical and interhemispheric connections
