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Kathy, a neuroscience graduate student, is running the final experiments for her thesis, The Effects of Loud Noise on Auditory Perception. Kathy stimulates the auditory nerve of rodents exposed to loud noise and records the activity of neurons in the primary and secondary cortices. Through which brain pathway is sound input processed prior to arriving at the primary and secondary cortices?
 
  a. cerebellumsubstanti a nigraamygdala
  b. striatumhippocampus hypothalamus
  c. ponsreticular formationhippocampu s
  d. medullamidbrainthal amus

Question 2

How do hair cells stimulate the auditory nerve?
 
  a. neurotransmitter release
  b. direct mechanical stimulation
  c. direct electrical stimulation
  d. stimulate muscle contractions



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