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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Chapter 1 - The Central Auditory System: A Functional Analysis JEFFERY A. WINER AND CHRISTOPH E. SCHREINER Chapter 2 - Neuronal Organization in the Inferior Colliculus DOUGLAS L. OLIVER Chapter 3 - Projections from the Cochlear Nuclear Complex to the Inferior Colliculus NELL W. B. CANT Chapter 4 - Superior Olivary Complex and Lateral Lemniscal Connections of the Auditory Midbrain BRETT R. SCHOFIELD Chapter 5 - Intrinsic and Commissural Connections of the Inferior Colliculus ENRIQUE SALDAÑA AND MIGUEL A. MERCHÁN Chapter 6 - Descending Connections of the Auditory Midbrain ANN M. THOMPSON Chapter 7 - The Tectothalamic System JEFFREY J. WENSTRUP Chapter 8 - Three Systems of Descending Projections to the Inferior Colliculus JEFFERY A. WINER Chapter 9 - Pharmacology of the Inferior Colliculus JACK B. KELLY AND DONALD M. CASPARY Chapter 10 - Biophysical Properties of Inferior Colliculus Neurons SHU HUI WU Chapter 11 - Spectral and Intensity Coding in the Auditory Midbrain GÜNTER EHRET AND CHRISTOPH E. SCHREINER Chapter 12 - Temporal Coding in the Auditory Midbrain ADRIAN REES AND GERALD LANGNER Chapter 13 - Binaural and Spatial Coding in the Inferior Colliculus ALAN PALMER AND SHIGEYUKI KUWADA Chapter 14 - Coding of Communication Sounds in the Inferior Colliculus CHRISTINE V. PORTFORS AND DONAL G. SINEX Chapter 15 - Acoustic Behavior and Midbrain Function TOM C.T. YIN AND BRADFORD J. MAY Chapter 16 - Auditory Midbrain of Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles: Model Systems for Understanding Auditory Function ANDREW H. BASS, GARY J. ROSE AND MICHAEL B. PRITZ Chapter 17 - The Auditory Midbrain in Bats and Birds ELLEN COVEY AND CATHERINE A. CARR Chapter 18 - Development of Auditory Afferents to the CentralNucleus of the Inferior Colliculus JUDY K. BRUNSO-BECHTOLD AND CRAIG E. HENKEL Chapter 19 - Inferior Colliculus: Aging and Plasticity ROBERT D. FRISINA AND RAMESH RAJAN Chapter 20 - Hearing Loss and the Inferior Colliculus JAMES F. WILLOTT Chapter 21 - The Midbrain and Audiogenic Seizures CARL L. FAINGOLD Chapter 22 - The Inferior Colliculus: Past, Present, and Future JOHN H. CASSEDAY, CHRISTOPH E. SCHREINER AND JEFFERY A. WINER Subject Index Author Index