Dissecting the circuitry of the auditory system

• Published in: Trends in neurosciences (Regular ed.) Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 33 - 39
• Main Authors: Pollak, George D, Burger, R.Michael, Klug, Achim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 2003; Elsevier Science; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Afferent Pathways - anatomy & histology; Animals; Auditory Pathways - anatomy & histology; Auditory Pathways - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Stem - anatomy & histology; Brain Stem - physiology; Cochlear Nucleus - physiology; Ear and associated structures. Auditory pathways and centers. Hearing. Vocal organ. Phonation. Sound production. Echolocation; Ears & hearing; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - physiology; Inferior Colliculi - anatomy & histology; Inferior Colliculi - cytology; Inferior Colliculi - physiology; Interneurons - physiology; Iontophoresis - methods; Neurology; Neurons - physiology; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Colliculus inferior; Innervation; Interaction; Glycine receptor; Central nervous system; Auditory pathway; Review; Gabaergic receptor A; Encephalon

The brainstem auditory system is a complex system composed of numerous parallel and serial pathways that converge on a common destination in the inferior colliculus (IC). The exact nature of the response transformations that occur in the IC have, however, been elusive – even though the IC has been t...