Tonotopic and localized pathways from primary auditory cortex to the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Markovitz, Craig D ^a   Tang, Tien T ^a   Lim, Hubert H ^a,b,c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Corticofugal; Inferior colliculus; Lemniscal; Plasticity; Tonotopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BROAD TUNED PATTERN EXCITATORY RESPONSE; CAUDOMEDIAL CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE INFERIOR COLLICULUS; CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE INFERIOR COLLICULUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATENT PERIOD; MESENCEPHALON; MONOSYNAPTIC CORTICOCOLLICULAR PROJECTION; NARROW TUNED PATTERN EXCITATORY RESPONSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; ROSTROLATERAL CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE INFERIOR COLLICULUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TONOTOPIC CORTICOCOLLICULAR PROJECTION; TONOTOPY;

EID: 84876027762     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00077     Document Type: Article

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