Genetically manipulated mice have gained a prominent role in in vivo research on
development and function of the auditory system. A prerequisite for the interpretation of
normal and abnormal structural and functional features of the inner ear is the exact
knowledge of the cochlear place–frequency map. Using a stereotaxic approach to the
projection site of the auditory nerve fibers in the cochlear nucleus, we succeeded in labelling
physiologically characterized auditory nerve afferents and determined their peripheral …