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The presence of sophisticated auditory processing in mammals has
permitted perhaps the most significant evolutionary development in
humans: that of language. An understanding of the neural basis of
hearing is thus a starting point for elucidating the mechanisms
that are essential to human communication. The cochlear nucleus is
the first region of the brain to receive input from the inner ear
and is therefore the earliest stage in the central nervous system
at which auditory signals are processed for distribution to higher
centers. Clarifying its role in the central auditory pathway is
crucial to our knowledge of how the brain deals with complex
stimuli such as speech, and is also essential for understanding the
central effects of peripheral sensorineural hearing loss caused by,
for example, aging, ototoxic drugs, and noise. Ambitious new
developments to assist people with total sensorineural deafness,
including both cochlear and cochleus nuclear implants, require a
detailed knowledge of the neural signals received by the brainstem
and how these are processed. Recently, many new data have been
obtained on the structure and function of the cochlear nucleus
utilizing combinations of anatomical, physiological,
pharmacological and molecular biological procedures. Approaches
such as intracellular dye-filling of physiologically identified
neurons, localization of classical neurotransmitters, peptides,
receptors and special proteins, or gene expression have opened the
door to novel morphofunctional correlations.
The Comparative Anatomy and Histology of the Cerebellum was first
published in 1972. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital
technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible,
and are published unaltered from the original University of
Minnesota Press editions. This is the third and final volume of the
late Dr. Larsell's definitive work on the cerebellum, brought to
completion for publication by Dr. Jansen. Two additional
contributing authors for this volume are Enrico Mugnaini, M.D., and
Helge K. Korneliussen, M.D. The first section of this volume deals
with the morphology of the human cerebellum. The morphogenetic
development, the fissure formation, and the differentiation of the
cerebellar lobules are described in detail, and followed by a
comprehensive account of the adult cerebellum, its lobes and
lobules. It is shown that the ten major lobules which Dr. Larsell
distinguished in other mammals are recognizable also in man.
Chapters on the cerebellum connections include detailed accounts of
all afferent and efferent cerebellar tracts. A subsequent chapter,
by Drs. Jansen and Korneliussen, is devoted to the fundamental plan
of cerebellar organization. The final chapters, by Dr. Mugnaini,
deal with the histology and cytology of the cerebellar cortex. A
comprehensive account is given of electron micrographs, a virtual
atlas of the ultrastructure of the cerebellar cortex, illustrate
the description.
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