Sensory systems V:
Auditory and vestibular systems

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Species differences
in auditory sensitivity 		P 12.3
Anatomy of the
human ear 		Kandel Figs. 30-3,4
 P 12.4
Anatomy of
the cochlea
P 12.5
Travelling waves
code frequency/pitch 		P 12.6
Mechanical trans-
duction of sound 		P 12.8
Inward K+
currents 		9_08
Electrical potentials
in different compartments
P 12.9
Frequency
tuning curves 		9_10
Inner vs. outer
hair cells 		9_11
Cochlear
motor 		Kandel Figs. 30-10,15, 12
9_13
Cochlear
nucleus neurons 		9_14
Cochlear nucleus
coding patterns 		9_15
Midlevel auditory
processing 		9_16
Inferior
colliculus
P 12.12
Medial superior
olive & localization 		P 12.13
Lateral superior
olive & localization 		9_88
Auditory thalamus:
medial geniculate n. 		9_20
Cortical tonotopic
bands
P 12.14,15
Human auditory
cortex 		9_22
Sense of
balance: CN VIII 		P Box A
Vestibular
orientation 		P 13.1
Inner ear
labyrinth
Kandel Fig. 30-3,6
 P 13.5
Sheer forces
(mechanical) 		P 13.2
Alignment of
hair cells 		Kandel Fig. 31-2,3
P Box B
Adaptation &
tuning 		Kandel Fig. 31-4,5,9
 P 13.12
Central vestibular
pathways 		P Box
Lesions affecting
eye movement etc.
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