Cortical modulation of auditory processing in the midbrain

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Bajo, Victoria M ^a   King, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Corticofugal; Descending projection; Inferior colliculus; Plasticity; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 84871274482     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00114     Document Type: Review

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