The Mammalian Auditory Pathway: Neuroanatomy (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Vol 1)

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of com­ prehensive 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 con­ ceptual 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.

The Sringer Series in Auditory Research presents a series of comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental to-pics in modern auditory research. It is aimed at all indivi-duals with interests in hearing research including advancedgraduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and clinicalinvestigators. The volume will introduce new investigatorsto important aspects of hearing sience and help establishinvestigators understand the fundamental theories and datain fields of hearing. Each volume is intended to present aparticular topic comprehensively, and each chapter willserve as a sythetic overview and guide to the literature.The series focusses on topics that have developed asoliddata and conceptual foundation rather than on those forwhich a literature is only beginning to develop. New re-search areas will be covered on a timely basis in the seriesas they begin to mature. Each volumein the series consistsof five to eight substantial chapters on a particulartopic.In some cases, the topics will be of traditional interestfor which there is a solid body of data and theory, such asauditory neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. Other volumes inthe series will deal withtopics which have begun to maturemore recently, such as development, plasticity, and compu-tational models of neural processing. In many cases, theseries editors will be joined by a co-editor having specialexpertise in the topic of the volume.

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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)

Front Matter....Pages i-xi An Overview of Mammalian Auditory Pathways with an Emphasis on Humans....Pages 1-22 The Auditory Nerve: Peripheral Innervation, Cell Body Morphology, and Central Projections....Pages 23-65 The Cochlear Nucleus: Neuronal Types and Their Synaptic Organization....Pages 66-116 The Superior Olivary Complex and Lateral Lemniscal Nuclei....Pages 117-167 Inferior and Superior Colliculi....Pages 168-221 The Functional Architecture of the Medial Geniculate Body and the Primary Auditory Cortex....Pages 222-409 Organization of Olivocochlear Efferent Systems in Mammals....Pages 410-448 Back Matter....Pages 449-485 This chapter provides a succinct description of the entire mammalian central auditory system-an overview, before we embark on the specific, highly detailed chapters which follow.