Auditory and vestibular efferents [electronic resource] / David K. Ryugo, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, editors.
Efferent sensory systems have emerged as major components of processing by the central nervous system. Whereas the afferent sensory systems bring environmental information into the brain, efferent systems function to monitor, sharpen, and attend selectively to certain stimuli while ignoring others....
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| Series: | Springer handbook of auditory research ;
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Table of Contents:
- Auditory and Vestibular Efferents; Series Preface; Volume Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction to Efferent Systems; Chapter 2: Anatomy of Olivocochlear Neurons; Chapter 3: Physiology of the Medial and Lateral Olivocochlear Systems; Chapter 4: Pharmacology and Neurochemistry of Olivocochlear Efferents; Chapter 5: Cholinergic Inhibition of Hair Cells; Chapter 6: The Efferent Vestibular System; Chapter 7: Development of the Inner Ear Efferent System; Chapter 8: Evolution of the Octavolateral Efferent System; Chapter 9: Central Descending Auditory Pathways.