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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137096103321

Autore

Conny Kopp-Scheinpflug

Titolo

Inhibitory function in auditory processing / / edited by: R. Michael Burger, Conny Kopp-Scheinpflug and Ian D. Forsythe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2015

[Lausanne, Switzerland] : , : Frontiers Media SA, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

9782889196678

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour); digital file(s)

Collana

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Frontiers Research Topics

Disciplina

617.8

Soggetti

Auditory perception - Neurology

Neurons - Cytology

Neurology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Compared to other sensory systems, the auditory system has evolved a large number of subthalamic nuclei each devoted to processing distinct features of sound stimuli. This information once extracted is then re-assembled to form the percept the acoustic world around us. The well-understood function of many of these auditory nuclei has enhanced our understanding of inhibition's role in shaping their responses from easily distinguished inhibitory inputs. In particular, neurons devoted to processing the location of sound sources receive a complement of discrete inputs for which in vivo activity and function are well understood. Investigation of these areas has led to significant advances in understanding the development, physiology, and mechanistic underpinnings of inhibition that apply broadly to neuroscience.