AUDITORY PHYSIOLOGY

By T. CARIN

LINEAR CODING OF COMPLEX SOUND SPECTRA BY DISCHARGE RATE IN NEURONS OF THE MEDIAL NUCLEUS OF THE TRAPEZOID BODY (MNTB) AND ITS INPUTS THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MNTB AND LNTB NEURONS TO INHIBITION IN THE MEDIAL SUPERIOR OLIVE ASSESSED THROUGH SINGLE AND PAIRED RECORDINGS INHIBITORY PROJECTIONS FROM THE VENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE TRAPEZOID BODY TO THE MEDIAL NUCLEUS OF THE TRAPEZOID BODY IN THE MOUSE DISTRIBUTION OF GLYCINE RECEPTORS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MATURE CALYX OF HELD NERVE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT OF GLYCINERGIC INNERVATION TO THE MURINE LSO AND SPN IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF THE MNTB CELL-TYPE SPECIFIC SHORT-TERM PLASTICITY AT AUDITORY NERVE SYNAPSES CONTROLS FEED-FORWARD INHIBITION IN THE DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS SUPERFICIAL STELLATE CELLS OF THE DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS INHIBITORY GLYCINERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION IN THE MAMMALIAN AUDITORY BRAINSTEM UPON PROLONGED STIMULATION: SHORT-TERM PLASTICITY AND SYNAPTIC RELIABILITY DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION OF INHIBITORY SYNAPTIC LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN THE LATERAL SUPERIOR OLIVE NITRIC OXIDE SIGNALING MODULATES SYNAPTIC INHIBITION IN THE SUPERIOR PARAOLIVARY NUCLEUS (SPN) VIA CGMP-DEPENDENT SUPPRESSION OF KCC2 VGLUT3 DOES NOT SYNERGIZE GABA/GLYCINE RELEASE DURING FUNCTIONAL REFINEMENT OF AN INHIBITORY AUDITORY CIRCUIT CONTENTS GLYCINERGIC TRANSMISSION MODULATES GABAERGIC INHIBITION IN THE AVIAN AUDITORY PATHWAY ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT MODULATION OF INHIBITORY SYNAPTIC KINETICS IN THE COCHLEAR NUCLEUS GABAERGIC AND GLYCINERGIC INHIBITORY SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN THE VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS STUDIED IN VGAT CHANNELRHODOPSIN-2 MICE INTERPLAY BETWEEN LOW THRESHOLD VOLTAGE-GATED K+ CHANNELS AND SYNAPTIC INHIBITION IN NEURONS OF THE CHICKEN NUCLEUS LAMINARIS ALONG ITS FREQUENCY AXIS NEURONAL SPECIALIZATIONS FOR THE PROCESSING OF INTERAURAL DIFFERENCE CUES IN THE CHICK THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUND LOCALIZATION IN MAMMALS – A STORY OF NEURONAL INHIBITION