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Neuronal Response Properties and Voltage-Gated Ion Channels in the Auditory System

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Synaptic Mechanisms in the Auditory System

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 41))

Abstract

One of the central challenges to auditory neuroscience is to understand how sound information is processed and transformed as it ascends to different levels in the brain. One way that the central auditory system is distinct from other sensory areas of the brain is the extent to which sound information is segregated at the earliest subcortical areas into different ascending pathways encoding different aspects of sound. For example, in the visual system, the first stage of information processing in the brain takes place in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus before proceeding directly to the primary visual cortex, where many of the major transformations in visual receptive fields occur. In olfaction, although extensive processing occurs in the olfactory bulb prior to the cortex, it is not apparent that there are topographic differences in how olfactory information is processed.

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The author would like to thank Drs. S. Cherry and M. Roberts for their comments on the manuscript. The author was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01 DC 0006877).

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Golding, N.L. (2012). Neuronal Response Properties and Voltage-Gated Ion Channels in the Auditory System. In: Trussell, L., Popper, A., Fay, R. (eds) Synaptic Mechanisms in the Auditory System. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 41. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9517-9_2

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