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Physiological Properties of Neurons in the Medial Geniculate Body

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The Auditory Cortex

Abstract

An important synthesis of thalamic organization noted that: ‘…the thalamus has not had good press in the recent past’ (Sherman and Guillery 1996). The functional role of the auditory thalamus (medial geniculate body; MG) has been eclipsed by the enormous effort aimed at dissecting the properties of cortical neurons. In contrast to the visual and somatic sensory somatic sensory systems, the MG differs conspicuously between the richness of the analysis already performed in the various brain stem stations, and the exquisite range of physiological properties embodied by auditory cortex cells. Is there a specific role for the MG or is it a passive relay between brain stem and cortex?

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Abbreviations

AI:

primary auditory cortex

AHP:

action potential hyperpolarization

AMPA:

a-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate

AP:

action potential

APV:

aminophosphonovalerate

AS:

azimuth sensitivity

ATP:

adenosine triphosphate

BIC:

brachium of the inferior colliculus

CB:

calbindin

CF:

characteristic frequency

CNIC:

central nucleus of the inferior colliculus

CNQX:

6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione

CR:

conditioned response

CS:

conditioned stimulus

E:

excitatory

EEG:

electroencephalogram

EPSP:

excitatory postsynaptic potential

F:

facilitatory

GABA:

gamma-aminobutyric acid

GAD:

glutamic acid decarboxylase

HRTF:

head-related transfer function

IC:

inferior colliculus

IID:

interaural intensity difference

I:

inhibitory

IPD:

interaural phase difference

IPSP:

inhibitory postsynaptic potential

ITD:

interaural time difference

LSO:

lateral nucleus of the superior olivary complex

LTS:

low threshold spikes

MAP:

microtubule associated protein

MD:

monaural direction

MG:

medial geniculate body

MGd:

dorsal division of the medial geniculate body

MGm:

medial division of the medial geniculate body

MGv:

ventral division of the medial geniculate body

MSO:

medial nucleus of the superior olivary complex

NMDA:

N-methyl-D-aspartate

PIN:

posterior intralaminar nucleus

Pol:

lateral region of the posterior nucleus

PV:

parvalbumin

PS:

paradoxical sleep

RF:

receptive field

SC:

superior colliculus

SG:

suprageniculate nucleus

SPL:

sound pressure level

STRF:

spectrotemporal receptive field

SWS:

slow-wave sleep

TC:

thalamocortical

TRN:

thalamic reticular nucleus

TWIN:

two-way intensity network

W:

waking

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This study was partly supported by an ANR Neuroscience grant ‘Hearing loss’. I am very grateful to Elizabeth Hennevin and Scott Cruikshank for insightful discussions and helpful comments on earlier versions of this chapter.

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    Jeffery A. Winer

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    Christoph E. Schreiner

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Edeline, JM. (2011). Physiological Properties of Neurons in the Medial Geniculate Body. In: Winer, J., Schreiner, C. (eds) The Auditory Cortex. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0074-6_12

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