Publication Date:
1981-07-10
Description:
Binaural cells in the superior olive normally have identical frequency sensitiveness when acoustically stimulated via either ear. The precision with which central connections are reformed after auditory nerve regeneration can be determined by comparing the frequency sensitiveness of the two binaural inputs to these cells. Three months after cutting the nerve and subsequent regeneration in the leopard frog, binaural cells once again have well-matched frequency sensitivities. Thus, the specificity of central connectivity that characterizes the auditory system in normal animals is restored after regeneration.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zakon, H -- Capranica, R R -- NS 09244/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Jul 10;213(4504):242-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6972599" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acoustic Stimulation
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Animals
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Electric Conductivity
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Evoked Potentials
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Functional Laterality
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Hearing
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*Nerve Regeneration
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Olivary Nucleus/physiology
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Rana pipiens
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Vestibulocochlear Nerve/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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