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Synaptic Integration in Auditory Cortex

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The Auditory Cortex

Abstract

What does the auditory cortex do? Most would agree that it processes auditory information, but few would assert that we understand just what computations are performed by auditory cortical neurons. If we describe computation as the transformation of information from one representation to another, then which transformations are accomplished by the auditory cortex remains an open question at the heart of the discipline.

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Abbreviations

ACh:

acetylcholine

AI:

primary auditory cortex

AHP:

afterhyperpolarization potential

CF:

characteristic frequency

EPSP:

excitatory postsynaptic potentials

FM:

frequency modulation

FS:

fast-spiking

GABA:

γ-aminobutyric acid

LFP:

local field potential

mAChR:

muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

MGv:

ventral division of the medial geniculate body

nAChR:

nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

NMDA:

N-methyl-d-aspartate

PET:

positron emission tomography

SPL:

sound pressure level

STRF:

spectrotemporal receptive field

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Wehr, M., Metherate, R. (2011). Synaptic Integration in Auditory Cortex. In: Winer, J., Schreiner, C. (eds) The Auditory Cortex. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0074-6_11

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