ABSTRACT
Most physiological studies investigating auditory response properties of neurons have focused on neurons within the auditory system, from cochlear nucleus to auditory cortex. However, auditory stimuli are also processed in other regions of the central nervous system, such as the reticular formation of the brainstem. This chapter discusses one such region, the caudal pontine reticular nucleus (PnC), a structure thought to be the sensorimotor interface of the acoustic startle reflex circuit.
