ReviewJournal of experimental neuroscience2018
Need for Speed and Precision: Structural and Functional Specialization in the Cochlear Nucleus of the Avian Auditory System.
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- Avian cochlear nucleus neurons exhibit tonotopic specializations across development.Journal of neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Synaptic Facilitation Enhances the Reliability and Precision of High-Frequency Neurotransmission.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Electrophysiological correlates of divergent projections in the avian superior olivary nucleus.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Article
- BDNF Differentially Affects Low- and High-Frequency Neurons in a Primary Nucleus of the Chicken Auditory Brainstem.Biology · 2024Article
- Revisiting the Chicken Auditory Brainstem Response: Frequency Specificity, Threshold Sensitivity, and Cross Species Comparison.Neuroscience insights · 2024Article
- Central projections of auditory nerve fibers in the western rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus).The Journal of comparative neurology · 2023Article
- Motor cortex analogue neurons in songbirds utilize Kv3 channels to generate ultranarrow spikes.eLife · 2023Article
- Electrical signaling in cochlear efferents is driven by an intrinsic neuronal oscillator.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Slicing the Embryonic Chicken Auditory Brainstem to Evaluate Tonotopic Gradients and Microcircuits.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2022Article
- ZEBrA: Zebra finch Expression Brain Atlas-A resource for comparative molecular neuroanatomy and brain evolution studies.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2020Article
- Effects of Neurotrophin-3 on Intrinsic Neuronal Properties at a Central Auditory Structure.Neuroscience insights · 2020Article
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Abstract
Birds such as the barn owl and zebra finch are known for their remarkable hearing abilities that are critical for survival, communication, and vocal learning functions. A key to achieving these hearing abilities is the speed and precision required for the temporal coding of sound-a process heavily dependent on the structural, synaptic, and intrinsic specializations in the avian auditory brainstem. Here, we review recent work from us and others focusing on the specialization of neurons in the chicken cochlear nucleus magnocellularis (NM)-a first-order auditory brainstem structure analogous to bushy cells in the mammalian anteroventral cochlear nucleus. Similar to their mammalian counterpart, NM neurons are mostly adendritic and receive auditory nerve input through large axosomatic endbulb of Held synapses. Axonal projections from NM neurons to their downstream auditory targets are sophisticatedly programmed regarding their length, caliber, myelination, and conduction velocity. Specialized voltage-dependent potassium and sodium channel properties also play important and unique roles in shaping the functional phenotype of NM neurons. Working synergistically with potassium channels, an atypical current known as resurgent sodium current promotes rapid and precise action potential firing for NM neurons. Interestingly, these structural and functional specializations vary dramatically along the tonotopic axis and suggest a plethora of encoding strategies for sounds of different acoustic frequencies, mechanisms likely shared across species.
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