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A Synthesis of Auditory Cortical Connections: Thalamocortical, Commissural and Corticocortical Systems

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The study of mammalian auditory cortex (AC) began with the delineation of a few areas which appeared to have a limited set of connections from other AC fields (Brugge and Reale 1985) and from a small number of nuclei in the medial geniculate body (MGB) (Rose and Woolsey 1958). Subsequent work with more sensitive methods revealed many more areas in a wider temporal lobe expanse (Schreiner and Cynader 1984; Bowman and Olson 1988; Clarey and Irvine 1990; Shinonaga et al. 1994; Clascá et al. 1997) and, within some regions, multiple subdivisions specialized physiologically for sound processing or communication signals (Ehret 1997; Winer and Lee 2007).

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Abbreviations

AAF:

anterior auditory field

AC:

auditory cortex

AES:

anterior ectosylvian field

AI:

primary auditory cortex

AII:

secondary auditory cortex

AL:

anterior lateral auditory belt, macaque

AM:

anterior medial thalamic nucleus

APt:

anterior pretectum

AS:

arcuate sulcus

AV:

anterior ventral thalamic nucleus

BIC:

brachium of the inferior colliculus

BSC:

brachium of the superior colliculus

CB:

cerebellum

CC:

corticocortical

CF:

constant frequency region or characteristic frequency

CF–CF:

constant frequency–constant frequency region, bat

CG:

central gray

CL:

caudal lateral auditory belt, macaque

CM:

caudomedial auditory belt, macaque

CMN:

centromedial nucleus

CO:

commissural or contralateral

CP:

cerebral peduncle, or caudal parabelt, macaque

CS:

central sulcus

CTb:

cholera toxin beta subunit

CTbG:

cholera toxin beta subunit, gold-conjugate

D:

dorsal nucleus of the medial geniculate body or dorsal

DD:

deep dorsal nucleus

DCa:

caudal dorsal nucleus of the medial geniculate body

DF:

dorsal fringe area, bat

DlF:

dorsal lateral fringe area, bat

DM:

dorsomedial area, bat

DSCF:

Doppler-shifted constant frequency region, bat

DD:

deep dorsal nucleus of the medial geniculate body

DS:

dorsal superficial nucleus of the medial geniculate body

DZ:

dorsal auditory zone

ED:

posterior ectosylvian gyrus, dorsal part

EI:

posterior ectosylvian gyrus, intermediate part

EN:

entopeduncular

EPP:

posterior ectosylvian gyrus, caudal par

EV:

posterior ectosylvian gyrus, ventral part

FM:

frequency modulated area, bat

FM–FM:

FM–FM area, bat

GABA:

gamma aminobutyric acid

Ha:

habenula

HiT:

habenulointerpeduncular tract

III:

oculomotor nucleus

In:

insular cortex

L:

lateral

LD:

lateral dorsal thalamic nucleus

LGB:

lateral geniculate nucleus

LGBd:

lateral geniculate body, dorsal nucleus

LGBv:

lateral geniculate body, ventral nucleus

LLS:

lateral visual association area, lateral part

LP:

lateral posterior nucleus

LOS:

lateral orbital sulcus

LS:

lateral sulcus

LS:

lateral suprasylvian visual association area

LuS:

lunate sulcus

M:

medial division of the medial geniculate body or medial

MD:

mediodorsal nucleus

MeV:

mesencephalic nucleus of the trigeminal

MGB:

medial geniculate body

ML:

middle lateral auditory belt, macaque

MLS:

middle lateral suprasylvian visual association area

MRF:

mesencephalic reticular formation

OT:

optic tract

Ov:

ovoid part of the medial geniculate body

P:

posterior auditory cortex

PAC:

paracentral thalamic nucleus

PC:

posterior commissure

PFC:

prefrontal cortex

PHyp:

posterior hypothalamus

Ps:

principal sulcus

Ps:

posterior sylvian gyrus

Pt:

pretectum

Pul:

pulvinar

R:

rostral, or rostral auditory area, macaque

RM:

rostromedial region, macaque

RN:

red nucleus

RP:

rostral pole nucleus of the medial geniculate body

RT:

rostrotemporal area, macaque

RTL:

lateral rostrotemporal auditory belt, macaque

RTM:

medial rostrotemporal auditory belt, macaque

RP:

rostral pole division of the medial geniculate body, or rostral parabelt, macaque

SC:

superior colliculus

SG:

suprageniculate nucleus

Sgl:

suprageniculate nucleus, lateral part

Sl:

suprageniculate nucleus, lateral part

Sm:

suprageniculate nucleus, medial part

SN:

substantia nigra

Spf:

subparafascicular nucleus

STG:

superior temporal gyrus

STS:

superior temporal sulcus

TC:

thalamocortical

Te1:

temporal area, rat

TRN:

thalamic reticular nucleus

V:

ventral division of the medial geniculate body or ventral

VA:

ventral anterior thalamic nucleus, or ventroanterior area, bat

Vb:

ventrobasal complex

Ve:

ventral auditory area

VF:

ventral fringe, bat

VL:

ventral lateral thalamic nucleus

Vl:

ventrolateral nucleus of the medial geniculate body

VP:

ventral posterior auditory area, or ventroposterior area, bat

Vpl:

ventral posterior nucleus, lateral part

Vpm:

ventral posterior nucleus, medial part

Vpmpc:

ventral posteromedial nucleus, parvocellular part

wm:

white matter

7:

parietal area 7

20:

posterior sylvian visual association area 20

21b:

posterior sylvian visual association area 21b

35:

perirhinal area 35

36:

perirhinal area 36

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Supported by the National Institutes of Health grant R01 DC2319-29. David Larue’s help was essential in constructing the figures.

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Lee, C.C., Winer, J.A. (2011). A Synthesis of Auditory Cortical Connections: Thalamocortical, Commissural and Corticocortical Systems. In: Winer, J., Schreiner, C. (eds) The Auditory Cortex. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0074-6_7

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