Connecting the auditory brain stem to sensory, motor, and limbic systems, the inferior colliculus is a critical midbrain station for auditory processing. Winer and Schreiner's The Inferior Colliculus, a critical, comprehensive reference, presents the current knowledge of the inferior colliculus from a variety of perspectives, including anatomical, physiological, developmental, neurochemical, biophysical, neuroethological and clinical vantage points. Written by leading researchers in the field, the book is an ideal introduction to the inferior colliculus and central auditory processing for clinicians, otolaryngologists, graduate and postgraduate research workers in the auditory and other sensory-motor systems.

Written by leading researchers in the field, the book is an ideal introduction to the inferior colliculus for graduate and postgraduate research workers in the auditory and other sensory-motor systems.

ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsContributors Chapter 1 - The Central Auditory System: A Functional AnalysisJEFFERY A. WINER AND CHRISTOPH E. SCHREINER Chapter 2 - Neuronal Organization in the Inferior ColliculusDOUGLAS L. OLIVER Chapter 3 - Projections from the Cochlear Nuclear Complex to the Inferior ColliculusNELL W. B. CANT Chapter 4 - Superior Olivary Complex and Lateral Lemniscal Connections of the Auditory MidbrainBRETT R. SCHOFIELD Chapter 5 - Intrinsic and Commissural Connections of the Inferior ColliculusENRIQUE SALDAÑA AND MIGUEL A. MERCHÁN Chapter 6 - Descending Connections of the Auditory MidbrainANN M. THOMPSON Chapter 7 - The Tectothalamic SystemJEFFREY J. WENSTRUP Chapter 8 - Three Systems of Descending Projections to the Inferior ColliculusJEFFERY A. WINER Chapter 9 - Pharmacology of the Inferior ColliculusJACK B. KELLY AND DONALD M. CASPARY Chapter 10 - Biophysical Properties of Inferior Colliculus NeuronsSHU HUI WU Chapter 11 - Spectral and Intensity Coding in the Auditory MidbrainGÜNTER EHRET AND CHRISTOPH E. SCHREINER Chapter 12 - Temporal Coding in the Auditory MidbrainADRIAN REES AND GERALD LANGNER Chapter 13 - Binaural and Spatial Coding in the Inferior ColliculusALAN PALMER AND SHIGEYUKI KUWADA Chapter 14 - Coding of Communication Sounds in the Inferior ColliculusCHRISTINE V. PORTFORS AND DONAL G. SINEX Chapter 15 - Acoustic Behavior and Midbrain FunctionTOM C.T. YIN AND BRADFORD J. MAY Chapter 16 - Auditory Midbrain of Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles: Model Systems for Understanding Auditory FunctionANDREW H. BASS, GARY J. ROSE AND MICHAEL B. PRITZ Chapter 17 - The Auditory Midbrain in Bats and BirdsELLEN COVEY AND CATHERINE A. CARR Chapter 18 - Development of Auditory Afferents to the CentralNucleus of the Inferior ColliculusJUDY K. BRUNSO-BECHTOLD AND CRAIG E. HENKEL Chapter 19 - Inferior Colliculus: Aging and PlasticityROBERT D. FRISINA AND RAMESH RAJAN Chapter 20 - Hearing Loss and the Inferior ColliculusJAMES F. WILLOTT Chapter 21 - The Midbrain and Audiogenic SeizuresCARL L. FAINGOLD Chapter 22 - The Inferior Colliculus: Past, Present, and FutureJOHN H. CASSEDAY, CHRISTOPH E. SCHREINER AND JEFFERY A. WINER Subject IndexAuthor Index