Abstract

The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) is distinguished from other parts of the cochlear nucleus by the intricacy of its neural circuitry (Lorente de No, 1933; Kane, 1974). The response properties of neurons in the DCN reflect this morphological complexity by differing markedly from those of auditory nerve fibers and other cochlear nucleus neurons. One striking feature of DCN responses is the extent to which they are dominated by inhibition which is weakened or abolished by anesthesia (Evans and Nelson, 1973). In this paper, we will present evidence that some of the inhibition observed in DCN responses is generated by inhibitory interneurons within the DCN.

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