Editing Auditory system (section)

=== Inferior colliculi ===
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The inferior colliculi (IC) are located just below the visual processing centers known as the [[superior colliculus|superior colliculi]].  The central nucleus of the IC is a nearly obligatory relay in the ascending auditory system, and most likely acts to integrate information (specifically regarding sound source localization from the [[superior olivary complex]]<ref name="pmid11071719"/> and [[dorsal cochlear nucleus]]) before sending it to the [[thalamus]] and [[Cerebral cortex|cortex]].<ref name="pmid14714940">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Demanez JP, Demanez L |year=2003 |title=Anatomophysiology of the central auditory nervous system: basic concepts |journal=Acta Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Belgica |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=227–36 |pmid=14714940}}</ref>  The inferior colliculus also receives descending inputs from the [[auditory cortex]] and auditory [[thalamus]] (or [[medial geniculate nucleus]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schreiner |first=Christoph |title=The Inferior Colliculus |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b138578 |date=2005 |publisher=Springer Science+ Business Media, Incorporated |isbn=0-387-22038-0 |editor-last=Winer |editor-first=Jeffery A |doi=10.1007/b138578 |editor-last2=Schreiner |editor-first2=Christoph E |access-date=2022-05-17 |archive-date=2022-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517133305/https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b138578 |url-status=live }}</ref>