The Mammalian Auditory Pathway: Neuroanatomy / Edition 1

by Douglas B Webster, Richard R. Fay

Overview

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modem auditory research. It is aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical investigators. The volumes will introduce new investigators to important aspects of hearing science and will help established inves­ tigators to better understand the fundamental theories and data in fields of hearing that they may not normally follow closely. Each volume is intended to present a particular topic comprehensively, and each chapter will serve as a synthetic overview and guide to the literature. As such, the chapters present neither exhaustive data reviews nor original research that has not yet appeared in peer-reviewed journals. The series focusses on topics that have developed a solid data and conceptual foundation rather than on those for which a literature is only beginning to develop. New research areas will be covered on a timely basis in the series as they begin to mature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387978000
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	07/16/1992
Series:	Springer Handbook of Auditory Research , #1
Edition description:	1992
Pages:	486
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

1 An Overview of Mammalian Auditory Pathways with an Emphasis on Humans.- 2 The Auditory Nerve: Peripheral Innervation, Cell Body Morphology, and Central Projections.- 3 The Cochlear Nucleus: Neuronal Types and Their Synaptic Organization.- 4 The Superior Olivary Complex and Lateral Lemniscal Nuclei.- 5 Inferior and Superior Colliculi.- 6 The Functional Architecture of the Medial Geniculate Body and the Primary Auditory Cortex.- 7 Organization of Olivocochlear Efferent Systems in Mammals.- Author Index.

Editorial Reviews

The first volume in a new series reviewing the fundamental topics in modern auditory research, each volume presenting a particular topic comprehensively. The series will focus on topics that have developed a solid data and conceptual foundation, and chapters will serve as synthetic overviews and guides to the literature. Volume 1 carries seven chapters, beginning with an overview of the neural auditory system and treating each region of the auditory pathway in detail. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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