Book chapter
Development of the Inner Ear Efferent System
Auditory and Vestibular Efferents, pp.187-216
Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Springer New York
10/08/2010
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7070-1_7
Abstract
Roberts and Meredith (1992) wrote: “For more than forty years, the efferent supply to the mammalian ear provided by the olivocochlea bundle has been an enigma,” and this is still true today, in particular for the development of efferents. The inner ear efferents are so unique in their physiology, axonal course, and distribution that this adds to the mystery of their role in hearing and balance (Christopher Kirk and Smith 2003). However, analyzing the development of the vestibulocochlear efferent system may not only give us new insight into the development of this system but may also help to understand how the distribution and neurochemcial properties of the adult vestibulocochlear efferent system all come about.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Development of the Inner Ear Efferent System
- Creators
- Dwayne SimmonsJeremy DuncanDominique Crapon de CapronaBernd Fritzsch
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Auditory and Vestibular Efferents, pp.187-216
- Series
- Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4419-7070-1_7
- eISSN
- 2197-1897
- ISSN
- 0947-2657
- Publisher
- Springer New York; New York, NY
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/08/2010
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biology; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984071767102771
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