fusiform cell

The output neurons of the DCN are called fusiform cells.

Fusiform cells (also known as pyramidal cells) are found in the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN).

There are four types of principal cells found in the cochlear nuclei: Bushy cells, stellate cells, octopus cells, and fusiform cells.

On the surface of the organ this tissue is much condensed, and forms a layer (tunica albuginea) composed of short connective-tissue fibers, with fusiform cells between them.

The fusiform cells of the Dorsal cochlear nucleus, which are thought to contribute to localization in elevation, bypass the SOC and project directly to the inferior colliculus.

The inferior colliculus is the first place where vertically orienting data from the fusiform cells in the dorsal cochlear nucleus can finally synapse with horizontally orienting data.

This is named the nucleus arcuatus, and is serially continuous above with the nuclei pontis in the pons; it contains small fusiform cells, around which some of the arcuate fibers end, and from which others arise.