Auditory and Vestibular Efferents

1. Introduction to Efferent Systems
David K. Ryugo

2. Anatomy of Olivocochlear Neurons
M. Christian Brown

3. Physiology of the Medial and Lateral Olivocochlear Systems
John J. Guinan

4. Pharmacology and Neurochemistry of Olivocochlear Efferents
William F. Sewell

5. Cholinergic Inhibition of Hair Cells
Eleonora Katz, Ana Belén Elgoyhen, Paul Albert Fuchs

6. The Efferent Vestibular System
Joseph C. Holt, Anna Lysakowski, Jay M. Goldberg

7. Development of the Inner Ear Efferent System
Dwayne Simmons, Jeremy Duncan, Dominique Crapon Caprona, Bernd Fritzsch

8. Evolution of the Octavolateral Efferent System
Christine Köppl

9. Central Descending Auditory Pathways
Brett R. Schofield

10. Central Effects of Efferent Activation
Donald Robertson, Wilhelmina H. A. M. Mulders

11. Corticofugal Modulation and Beyond for Auditory Signal Processing and Plasticity
Nobuo Suga, Weiqing Ji, Xiaofeng Ma, Jie Tang, Zhongju Xiao, Jun Yan

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurosciences, Acoustics