The Mammalian Auditory Pathway: Neurophysiology / Edition 1

by Richard R. Fay

Overview

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern 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 conceptual 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387978017
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	06/24/1992
Series:	Springer Handbook of Auditory Research , #2
Edition description:	1992
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

1 An Overview of Central Auditory Processing.- 2 Physiology and Coding of Sound in the Auditory Nerve.- 3 Physiology of the Coclear Nuclei.- 4 Physiology of the Auditory Brainstem.- 5 Physiology of Thalamus and Cortex.- 6 Electrophysiology of the Human Auditory System.- Author Index.

Editorial Reviews

Presents comprehensive accounts of the encoding, representation, and transformation of acoustic information within the auditory nerve and the various regions of the brain involved with hearing. The basic overview of neural responses to sound at various levels of the nervous system is directed toward advanced graduate students, researchers, and clinicians engaged or interested in hearing research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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