A Neural Circuit Model of the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus
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Abstract We present a detailed network model of neurons of the cochlear nucleus to explore leveldependent processing by T stellate cells. These cells selectively process input from two types of auditory nerve fibres to enhance their dynamic range. We use a biologically plausible network between T stellate, D stellate and tuberculoventral cells, to show how level-dependent selective processing can be used to recreate rate-level curves seen in vivo and encode the spectrum of the vowel /ε/. The compartmental models include recently formulated current models of ventral cochlear nucleus cells to give greater accuracy of cell spiking behaviour.
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