The Inferior Colliculus

ISBN-13: 9780387220383 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 705 str.

J. A. Winer; Jeffery A. Winer; Christoph E. Schreiner

Opis

Connecting the auditory brain stem to sensory, motor, and limbic systems, the inferior colliculus is a critical midbrain station for auditory processing. Winer and Schreiner's The Inferior Colliculus, a critical, comprehensive reference, presents the current knowledge of the inferior colliculus from a variety of perspectives, including anatomical, physiological, developmental, neurochemical, biophysical, neuroethological and clinical vantage points. Written by leading researchers in the field, the book is an ideal introduction to the inferior colliculus and central auditory processing for clinicians, otolaryngologists, graduate and postgraduate research workers in the auditory and other sensory-motor systems.

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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Chapter 1 - The Central Auditory System: A Functional Analysis JEFFERY A. WINER AND CHRISTOPH E. SCHREINER Chapter 2 - Neuronal Organization in the Inferior Colliculus DOUGLAS L. OLIVER Chapter 3 - Projections from the Cochlear Nuclear Complex to the Inferior Colliculus NELL W. B. CANT Chapter 4 - Superior Olivary Complex and Lateral Lemniscal Connections of the Auditory Midbrain BRETT R. SCHOFIELD Chapter 5 - Intrinsic and Commissural Connections of the Inferior Colliculus ENRIQUE SALDAÑA AND MIGUEL A. MERCHÁN Chapter 6 - Descending Connections of the Auditory Midbrain ANN M. THOMPSON Chapter 7 - The Tectothalamic System JEFFREY J. WENSTRUP Chapter 8 - Three Systems of Descending Projections to the Inferior Colliculus JEFFERY A. WINER Chapter 9 - Pharmacology of the Inferior Colliculus JACK B. KELLY AND DONALD M. CASPARY Chapter 10 - Biophysical Properties of Inferior Colliculus Neurons SHU HUI WU Chapter 11 - Spectral and Intensity Coding in the Auditory Midbrain GÜNTER EHRET AND CHRISTOPH E. SCHREINER Chapter 12 - Temporal Coding in the Auditory Midbrain ADRIAN REES AND GERALD LANGNER Chapter 13 - Binaural and Spatial Coding in the Inferior Colliculus ALAN PALMER AND SHIGEYUKI KUWADA Chapter 14 - Coding of Communication Sounds in the Inferior Colliculus CHRISTINE V. PORTFORS AND DONAL G. SINEX Chapter 15 - Acoustic Behavior and Midbrain Function TOM C.T. YIN AND BRADFORD J. MAY Chapter 16 - Auditory Midbrain of Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles: Model Systems for Understanding Auditory Function ANDREW H. BASS, GARY J. ROSE AND MICHAEL B. PRITZ Chapter 17 - The Auditory Midbrain in Bats and Birds ELLEN COVEY AND CATHERINE A. CARR Chapter 18 - Development of Auditory Afferents to the CentralNucleus of the Inferior Colliculus JUDY K. BRUNSO-BECHTOLD AND CRAIG E. HENKEL Chapter 19 - Inferior Colliculus: Aging and Plasticity ROBERT D. FRISINA AND RAMESH RAJAN Chapter 20 - Hearing Loss and the Inferior Colliculus JAMES F. WILLOTT Chapter 21 - The Midbrain and Audiogenic Seizures CARL L. FAINGOLD Chapter 22 - The Inferior Colliculus: Past, Present, and Future JOHN H. CASSEDAY, CHRISTOPH E. SCHREINER AND JEFFERY A. WINER Subject Index Author Index

Blurb

The inferior colliculus is essential for hearing. Connecting the auditory brain stem to sensory, motor, and limbic systems, the inferior colliculus is a critical midbrain station for auditory processing. Winer and Schreiner's The Inferior Colliculus is the first critical, comprehensive reference presenting the current knowledge of the inferior colliculus from a variety of perspectives, including anatomical, physiological, developmental, neurochemical, biophysical, neuroethological and clinical vantage points. Written by leading researchers in the field, the book is an ideal introduction to the inferior colliculus and central auditory processing for clinicians, otolaryngologists, graduate and postgraduate research workers in the auditory and other sensory-motor systems.

About the Editors:

Jeffery A. Winer is Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley.

Christoph E. Schreiner is Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Otolaryngology and Member of the Coleman Memorial Laboratory and the W. M. Keck Center for Integrative Neurosciences at the University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco.