Descending Systems

HST.722J/9.044J - Fall 2007
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Descending Systems (Brown)

Expanded and compressed reorganizations in the auditory cortices of three species of mammal.  From Suga & Ma 2003. 

Background

  1. Guinan JJ Jr.  The physiology of olivocochlear efferents.  In: Dallos P, Popper AN and Fay RR (eds). The Cochlea.   New York, Springer-Verlag, pp. 435-502 (1996). PDF

  2. Suga N, Ma C. Multiparametric corticofugal modulation and plasticity in the auditory system.  Nature Rev Neurosci 4: 783-793 (2003).  PDF

  3. Winer JA.  Decoding the auditory corticofugal systems.  Hearing Res 212:1-8 (2006).  PDF

Papers for discussion

  1. Mulders WHAM, Robertson D.  Evidence for direct cortical innervation of medial olivocochlear neurones in rats.  Hearing Res. 144:65-72 (2000).  PDF    Discussed 11/13
  2. Perrot X, Ryvlin P, Isnard J, Guenot M, Catenoix H, Fischer C, Mauguiere F, Collet L (2006) Evidence for corticofugal modulation of peripheral auditory activity in humans. Cereb. Cortex 16: 941-948.  PDF Discussed 11/13
  3. Delano P, Elgueda D, Hamame C, Robles L (2007) Selective attention to visual stimuli reduces cochlear sensitivity in chinchillas. J. Neurosci. 27: 4146-4153.  PDF  Discussed 11/13

  4. May BJ, Prosen CA, Weiss D, Vetter D (2002).  Behavioral investigation of some possible effects of central olivocochlear pathways in transgenic mice. Hearing Res. 171: 142-157.  PDF  Discussed 11/15

  5. Ma X, Suga N (2001) Corticofugal modulation of duration-tuned neurons in the midbrain auditory nucleus in bats. PNAS 98: 14060-14065.  PDF Discussed 11/15

  6. Schonwiesner M, Krumbholz K, Rubsamen R, Fink GR, von Cramon DY (2007) Hemispheric Asymmetry for Auditory Processing in the Human Auditory Brain Stem, Thalamus, and Cortex. Cerebral Cortex 17:
    492-499. PDF  Discussed 11/15