Intrinsic Connections in the Cochlear Nuclear Complex Studied in Vitro and in Vivo

摘要: The lateral ventrotubercular tract was described first by Lorente de No (’33,’ 81) in Golgi studies of cat and mouse cochlear nuclei. This connects the dorsal (DCN) ventral (VCN) nucleus. projection from neurons deep layer DCN to VCN has been found bats (Feng Vater,’ 85), mice (Wickesberg Oertel,’ 88; Wickesberg et al.,’ 91), cats (Snyder Leake,’ 88), gerbils (Mu ller,’ 90) guinea pigs (Saint-Marie 91). Because these project tuberculum acusticum (Cajal,’ 09) VCN, they have called tuberculoventral cells (Oertel Wu,’ 89). paper reviews findings our vitro on anatomy physiology this projection, examines hypothesis that intrinsic circuit contributes monaural suppression echoes, presents preliminary results vivo experiments begin examine hypothesis.