Analysis of the Multisensory Interaction in Neurons of the Cochlear Nuclei,

Abstract

The responses of 104 neurons in the dorsal and posterior ventral cochlear nuclei to external stimuli were studied in cats under chloralose anesthesia. Of the 48% responsive neurons, 45% reacted to acoustic stimuli, 7% were monomodal, and 3% reacted only to photic stimuli (2%) or only to somatosensory stimuli and 29% to light flashes. The lack of correlation between the inhibition period of the neuron and the phases of focal evoked potential shows that the inhibitory synaptic inflow takes place at a distance from the neuron body under the action of both acoustic and photic stimuli and somatosensory stimuli.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 29, 1975
Accession Number
ADA008257

Entities

People

  • R. M. Bobkova
  • T. S. Naumova

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anatomy
  • Anesthesia
  • Anesthesia And Analgesia
  • Biological Sciences
  • Brain
  • Electrophysiological Phenomena
  • Inhibition

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.