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Basic response properties of auditory nerve fibers: a review

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All acoustic information from the periphery is encoded in the timing and rates of spikes in the population of spiral ganglion neurons projecting to the central auditory system. Considerable progress has been made in characterizing the physiological properties of type-I and type-II primary auditory afferents and understanding the basic properties of type-I afferents in response to sounds. Here, we review some of these properties, with emphasis placed on issues such as the stochastic nature of spike timing during spontaneous and driven activity, frequency tuning curves, spike-rate-versus-level functions, dynamic-range and spike-rate adaptation, and phase locking to stimulus fine structure and temporal envelope. We also review effects of acoustic trauma on some of these response properties.

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Heil, P., Peterson, A.J. Basic response properties of auditory nerve fibers: a review. Cell Tissue Res 361, 129–158 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-015-2177-9

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