The Biology of Change in Otolaryngology

Developmental biology. Evolution of the octavolateralis system: Evaluation and heuristic value of phylogenetic hypotheses (R.G. Northcutt). The developing ear: Tissue origins and interactions (D.M. Noden and T.R. van de Water). Synaptic plasticity in the developing cochlea (R. Pujol). Correlative development of sensory cells and overlying membrane of the inner ear: Micromechanical aspects (D.J. Lim and M. Anniko). Early development of human frequency resolution (L.W. Olsho). The development of the olfactory system (P.P.C. Graziadei). The evolution and development of the human upper respiratory tract (J.T. Laitman). The development physiology of speech and the evolution of language (P. Lieberman). Congenital malformation of the speech tract in humans and its developmental consequences (K.L. Landahl and H.J. Gould). Plasticity and compensation. Behavioral critical period during embryogenesis: Precise developmental linkage between vocal production and auditory perceptual requirements in duck embryos (G. Gottlieb). Vestibulo-ocular reflex changes following peripheral labyrinthine lesions (V. Horubia et al.). Properties of pathways subserving long-term adaptive plasticity of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in monkeys (S.G. Lisberger). The role of binaural innervation in the development of the auditory brainstem (L.M. Kitzes). New neurons in an adult brain: Plasticity in an auditory-motor nucleus (J.A. Paton et al). The role of neural activity in rearranging connections in the central visual system (M.P. Stryker). Early destruction of the ear induces formation of a new functional brainstem auditory pathway (T.N. Parks and H. Jackson). Making and modifying synapses in the mammalian CNS: Towards a molecular biology of synapse growth and plasticity (O. Steward). An ontogenetic analysis of learning and memory in Aplysia (T.G. Nolen et al.). Injury and repair. Experimental manipulations of the microenvironment within a nerve regeneration chamber (L.R. Williams and S. Varon). Regeneration and self-repair in hair cell epithelia: Experimental evaluation of capacities and limitations (J.T. Corwin). Regeneration and recovery of function in the amphibian auditory system (H. Zakon). Stereocilia injury and repair (J.C. Saunders). Thyroid and the developing ear (A. Uziel). Enforcing balance repair after vestibular injury (M. Igarashi). Injury and repair of the tympanic membrane (L.-E. Stenfors). Injury and repair in the olfactory pathway of mammals (P.P.C. Graziadei). Injury and regeneration of the respiratory epithelium (K.P. Keenan and E.M. McDowell). Repair and healing process of surgical injuries of the larynx. An animal model for reconstruction following hemilaryngectomy (M. Hirano et al.). Index of authors. Subject index.