Single-Neuron Labeling in the Cat Auditory Nerve

Single auditory nerve fibers in the cat were labeled intracellularly with horseradish peroxidase. The sample of fibers was selected to represent different response types over a wide range of characteristic frequencies. All 56 labeled neurons were found to be radial fibers innervating inner hair cell...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 216; no. 4551; pp. 1239 - 1241
Main Author Liberman, M. C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The American Association for the Advancement of Science 11.06.1982
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subjects
Animals
Auditory nerve
Auditory pathway
Auditory pathways
Auditory Pathways - cytology
Benzodiazepines
Cats
Cochlea - cytology
Convulsions
Hair cells
Horseradish Peroxidase
Inner hair cells
Innervation
Neurons
Outer hair cells
Physiology
Receptors
Vestibulocochlear Nerve - cytology
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Summary:Single auditory nerve fibers in the cat were labeled intracellularly with horseradish peroxidase. The sample of fibers was selected to represent different response types over a wide range of characteristic frequencies. All 56 labeled neurons were found to be radial fibers innervating inner hair cells, suggesting that none of the single-unit data reported to date has been from the outer hair cell innervation. Differences in rates of spontaneous discharge and thresholds to tones among these labeled neurons were closely correlated with morphological differences in the caliber and location of their unmyelinated terminals on the body of the inner hair cell.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.7079757