The auditory system of the barn owl is an important model for temporal processing on a very
fast time scale and for the neural mechanisms and circuitry underlying sound localization. …

Comparative studies of vertebrate hearing organs have enabled an integrated approach to
difficult questions related to function. Recent evidence for the independent evolution of …

Köppl, Christine. Frequency tuning and spontaneous activity in the auditory nerve and
cochlear nucleus magnocellularis of the barn owl Tyto alba. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 364–377, 1997…

The distribution of frequencies along the basilar papilla of the barn owl (Tyto alba) was
studied by labelling small groups of primary auditory neurones of defined frequency response …

Animals, including humans, use interaural time differences (ITDs) that arise from different
sound path lengths to the two ears as a cue of horizontal sound source location. The nature of …

A comprehensive and conclusive description of the evolution of the central auditory system
in vertebrates is a difficult, if not impossible, task. We simply lack important basic information. …

Vertebrate sensory hair cells achieve high sensitivity and frequency selectivity by adding self-generated
mechanical energy to low-level signals. This allows them to detect signals that …

PURPOSE: Although a posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens provides effective refractive
correction of high myopia and hyperopia, mechanical contact between the implantable …

The function of the inner ear critically depends on mechanoelectrically transducing hair cells
and their afferent and efferent innervation. The first part of this review presents data on the …

Primary auditory nerve fibers were labelled in the barn owl by localized horseradish
peroxidase (HRP) injections into the cochlear nucleus angularis. They were followed to their …