Acoustical Signal Processing in the Central Auditory System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Genaral Aspects

   1. Role of the Mammalian Forebrain in Hearing

      • R. Bruce Masterton

      Pages 1-17

   2. Structural Basis for Signal Processing

      • D. Kent Morest

      Pages 19-32

   3. Mapping Activity in the Auditory Pathway with C-Fos

      • E. M. Rouiller

      Pages 33-48

   4. Evolution of C-Fos Expression in Auditory Structures During a Sensori-Motor Learning in Rats

      • A. Herve-Minvielle, D. Carretta, V. M. Bajo, A. E. P. Villa, E. M. Rouiller

      Pages 49-55

   5. Relative and Absolute Pitch Perception Explained by Common Neuronal Mechanisms

      • Gerald Langner

      Pages 57-64

   6. Periodicity Pitch Shift is Absent in Absolute Pitch Possessors

      • Stefan Bleeck, Gerald Langner

      Pages 65-70

   7. 5-HT Innervation of the Auditory Pathway in Birds and Bats

      • Alexander Kaiser, Ellen Covey

      Pages 71-78

   8. Structural Organisation of Nucleus Angularis in the Pigeon (Columba livia)

      • Udo Häusler

      Pages 79-84

   9. Measurement of Short-Time Spatial Activity Patterns During Auditory Stimulation in the Starling

      • Udo Häusler

      Pages 85-91

3. Cochlear Nuclei

   1. Distribution and Targeting of Glutamate Receptors in the Cochlear Nucleus

      • R. J. Wenthold, Y.-X. Wang, R. S. Petralia, M. E. Rubio

      Pages 93-107

   2. Enhanced Processing of Temporal Features of Sounds in Background Noise by Cochlear Nucleus Single Neurons

      • Robert D. Frisina, Jian Wang, Jonathan D. Byrd, Kenneth J. Karcich, Richard J. Salvi

      Pages 109-125

   3. Circuits of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus

      • Donata Oertel, Nace L. Golding

      Pages 127-138

   4. Chemistry of Granular and Closely Related Regions of the Cochlear Nucleus

      • Donald A. Godfrey, Timothy G. Godfrey, Nikki L. Mikesell, Hardress J. Waller, Weiping Yao, Kejian Chen et al.

      Pages 139-153

   5. Synaptic Relationships in the Granule-Cell Associated Systems in Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus

      • Eric D. Young, Kevin A. Davis, Israel Nelken

      Pages 155-166

   6. The Gerbil Cochlear Nucleus

      • Otto Gleich, Celia Kadow, Marianne Vater, Jürgen Strutz

      Pages 167-173

   7. Noradrenergic Modulation of the Processing of Auditory Information Inside the Cochlear Nuclei

      • H. Cransac, S. Hellström, L. Peyrin, J. M. Cottet-Emard

      Pages 175-180

4. Superior Olivary Complex and Lateral Lemniscus

   1. Inhibitory and Excitatory Brainstem Connections Involved in Sound Localization: How do they Develop?

      • Eckhard Friauf, Karl Kandler, Christian Lohmann, Martin Kungel

      Pages 181-191

   2. Diversity in Glycine and NMDA Receptor Subunit Composition in the Rat Cochlear Nucleus and Superior Olivary Complex and Changes with Deafness

      • Richard A. Altschuler, Kazuo Sato, Jerome Dupont, Joann M. Bonneau, Hironobu Nakagawa

      Pages 193-202

   3. Action of Putative Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators on Neurones in the Ventral Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body

      • Donald Robertson, Xueyong Wang

      Pages 203-209

The symposium on Acoustical Signal Processing in the Central Auditory System which was held in Prague on September 4--7, 1996 was the third in a series organized in Prague, after the Neuronal Mechanisms of Hearing symposium in 1980 and Auditory Pathway - Structure and Function symposium in 1987. Approximately 100 scientists regis­ tered for the symposium and presented 82 separate papers and posters. The present vol­ ume contains 53 of these contributions, mostly presented at the symposium as invited review papers. Several essential changes occurred since the previous meeting in 1987. In auditory neuroscience, recently developed methods opened new horizons in the investigation of the structure and function of the central auditory pathway. Methods like c-fos tracing tech­ niques and monoclonal antibodies for neurotransmitters and their receptors, like the intro­ duction of electrophysiological recording from brain slices have made possible new insights into the function of individual neurons and their interconnections, particularly in the cochlear nuclei and in the superior olivary complex. Integrative approaches towards understanding the central auditory function started to dominate in the field. It is not easy at the present time to differentiate between purely morphological and neurochemical ap­ proaches; similarly electrophysiological approaches are accompanied inevitably by behav­ ioral and psychophysical studies. The understanding of human brain function advanced significantly during the last several years. mainly due to the contribution of magneto­ encephalography. positron emission tomography and functional nuclear magnetic reso­ nance imaging.

• ASTER
• distribution
• evolution
• forebrain
• imaging
• neurons
• neuroscience
• perception
• tomography

• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

  Josef Syka

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