Primary and Secondary Auditory Cortex
Synonyms
Definition
Parts of the auditory cerebral cortex.
Introduction
The auditory cortex involves a complex organization of connections between cells in order to process auditory information (Moller 2013). Based on an elaborate network of intrinsic and extrinsic connections, the auditory cortex is responsible for the conscious perception of sound and provides the foundation for the comprehension and production of meaningful sounds (Hackett 2015). Moreover, the auditory cortex is defined by the areas of the cerebral cortex that receive thalamic input from one or more divisions of the Medial Geniculate Complex (MGC) (Hackett 2011). The complete anatomy of the human auditory cortex is not completely known, and there is no common consensus amongst investigators regarding the names of the human auditory cortices. Furthermore, the exact anatomic location of the auditory components of the auditory cortex in humans varies from one person to another (Moller 2013)....
References
- Bilecen, D., Seifritz, E., Scheffler, K., & Schulte, A. (2002). Amplitopicity of the human auditory cortex: An fMRI study. NeuroImage, 17, 710–718.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar
- Chen, Z., Li, J., Liu, M., & Ma, L. (2013). Structural connectivity between visual cortex and auditory cortex in healthy adults: A diffusion tensor imaging study. Journal of Southern Medical University, 33(3), 338–341.PubMedGoogle Scholar
- Hackett, T. A. (2011). Information flow in the auditory cortical network. Hearing Research, 271(1–2), 133–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2010.01.011.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar
- Hackett, T. A. (2015). Anatomic Organization of the Auditory Cortex. Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 129, 27–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-62630-1.00002-0.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar
- Hosokawa, Y., Sugimoto, S., Kubota, M., Horikawa, J., & Ojima, H. (2017). Auditory-visual integration in fields of the auditory cortex. Hearing Research, 346, 25–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2017.01.012.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar
- Isaa, J. B., Haeffele, B. D., Young, E. D., & Yue, D. T. (2017). Multiscale mapping of frequency sweep rate in mouse auditory cortex. Hearing Research, 344, 207–222.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
- Lithari, C., & Weisz, N. (2017). Amplitude modulation rate dependent topographic Organization of the Auditory Steady-State Response in human auditory cortex. Hearing Research, 354, 102–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2017.09.003.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar
- Moller, A. R. (2013). Hearing. Anatomy, physiology, and disorders of the auditory system (3rd ed.). San Diego: Plural Publishing.Google Scholar
- Pandya, D. N. (1995). Anatomy of the auditory cortex. Revista de Neurologia, 151(8–9), 486–494.Google Scholar
- Pickles, J. O. (2012). An introduction to the physiology of hearing (4th ed.). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing.Google Scholar
- Saenz, M., & Langers, D. R. (2014). Tonotopic mapping of human auditory cortex. Hearing Research, 307, 42–52.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar
- Wang, X., & Eliades, S. J. (2017). Contributions of sensory tuning to auditory-vocal interactions in marmoset auditory cortex. Hearing Research, 348, 98–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2017.03.001.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar
- Wasserthal, C., Brechmann, A., Stadler, J., Fischl, B., & Engel, K. (2014). Localizing the human primary auditory cortex in vivo using structural MRI. NeuroImage, 93(Pt 2), 237–251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.07.046.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar
- Wolak, T., Lorens, A., Cieśla, K., Lewandowska, M., Kochanek, K., Wójcik, J., et al. (2017). Tonotopic organisation of the auditory cortex in sloping Sensorineural hearing loss. Hearing Research, 355, 81–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2017.09.012.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar