Reduced influence of the ipsilateral ear on spatial tuning of auditory neurons in the albino superior colliculus: a knock-on effect of anomalies of the acoustic chiasm?

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Auditory brainstem abnormalities affecting decussation patterns and nuclei involved in the acoustic chiasm exist in a variety of albino mammals, suggesting that binaural processes underlying spatial hearing may be disrupted in these mutants. To evaluate this we have compared the contribution of the two ears in albino and normally pigmented guinea pigs to the spatial tuning of auditory neurons in the deep layers...

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