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The Monaural Nuclei of the Lateral Lemniscus: Parallel Pathways from Cochlear Nucleus to Midbrain

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Book cover The Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei

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Abstract

The mammalian cochlear nucleus is made up of several different divisions, each of which receives input from the fibers of the auditory nerve, and each of which performs some different transformation of this input. These different divisions of the cochlear nucleus in turn give rise to different parallel pathways. Some of these pathways ascend directly to the midbrain, some provide interconnections among the divisions of the cochlear nucleus, and others innervate cell groups in the brainstem where the signals originating in the cochlear nucleus undergo further transformation. These transformations may be accomplished through various mechanisms, for example, different patterns of axonal termination on cell bodies or dendrites, different biophysical properties of the target cells, or convergence of inputs from more than one pathway. The present review focuses on the transformations that occur in one system of brainstem auditory nuclei, the intermediate (INLL) and ventral (VNLL) nuclei of the lateral lemniscus.

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Ellen Covey

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  1. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Miguel A. Merchán

  2. University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

    José M. Juiz

  3. Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, USA

    Donald A. Godfrey

  4. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

    Enrico Mugnaini

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Covey, E. (1993). The Monaural Nuclei of the Lateral Lemniscus: Parallel Pathways from Cochlear Nucleus to Midbrain. In: Merchán, M.A., Juiz, J.M., Godfrey, D.A., Mugnaini, E. (eds) The Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei. NATO ASI series, vol 239. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2932-3_25

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