Kölliker’s Organ and the Development of Spontaneous Activity in the Auditory System : Implications for Hearing Dysfunction

Prior to the “onset of hearing,” developing cochlear inner hair cells (IHCs) and primary auditory neurons undergo experience-independent activity, which is thought to be important in retaining and refining neural connections in the absence of sound. One of the major hypotheses regarding the origin o...

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