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Brainstem Olivary Complex
- Brainstem Olivary Complex
- Superior olive-LSO & MSO
- Medial nucleus of Trapezoid body (MNTB) (directional detection)
- Connection is from cochlear complex, bilaterally
- Projection of crossed and uncrossed axons of auditory nuclei synapse on the medial superior olive neurons (MSO and send axons into the lateral lemniscus that ascend in the brainstem as the lateral lemniscus in conjunction with pain fibers. Together they are called the ALS (anterior lateral system) that run parallel with pain.