The Central Auditory System

PART 1. FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE AUDITORY PATHWAYS (E.M. ROUILLER) CHAPTER 1. PRIMARY AUDITORY NEURONS (AUDITORY NERVE) CHAPTER 2. COCHLEAR NUCLEUS CHAPTER 3. SUPERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX (SOC) CHAPTER 4. LATERAL LEMNISCUS CHAPTER 5. INFERIOR COLLICULUS CHAPTER 6. SUPERIOR COLLICULUS CHAPTER 7. THALAMUS AND CEREBRAL CORTEX CHAPTER 8. PARALLEL AND HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION CHAPTER 9. DESCENDING AUDITORY PATHWAYS ("FEEDBACK") CHAPTER 10. BRAINSTEM AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIALS PART 2. ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE COCHLEAR NUCLEUS (R. ROMAND AND P. AVAN) CHAPTER 1. ANATOMY OF THE COCHLEAR NUCLEUS CHAPTER 2. NEUROPHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE COCHLEAR NUCLEUS CHAPTER 3. THE FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE COCHLEAR NUCLEUS PART 3. SUPERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX AND NUCLEI OF THE LATERAL LEMNISCUS (R.H. HELFERT AND A. ASCHOFF) CHAPTER 1. SUPERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX CHAPTER 2. NUCLEI OF THE LATERAL LEMNISCUS PART 4. THE AUDITORY MIDBRAIN, A "SHUNTING-YARD" OF ACOUSTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING (G. EHRET) CHAPTER 1. THE STRUCTURE BEHIND MECHANISMS CHAPTER 2. MECHANISMS OF FUNCTION CHAPTER 3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEARING PART 5. ACOUSTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING IN THE AUDITORY THALAMUS AND CEREBRAL CORTEX (F. DE RIBAUPIERRE) CHAPTER 1. AUDITORY THALAMUS CHAPTER 2. AUDITORY CORTEX CHAPTER 3. CORTICO-THALAMIC CONNECTIONS CHAPTER 4. INTRACORTICAL AND INTERHEMISPHERIC CONNECTIONS