[The role of the auditory cortex in the spatial information processing].

Journal article

Sound localization is a computational process accomplished along the auditory pathway. Once the acoustic information received at each ear is analyzed independently (monaural cues) and comparatively (binaural cues), those cues are integrated to generate a coherent spatial percept. Using adult ferrets trained by positive conditioning in a spatial task, we aimed to study the role of the auditory cortex in the ability to localize sounds under both normal hearing and monaurally occluded conditions...

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Authors: Rodriguez-Nodal, F; Bajo-Lorenzana, V

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Revista de neurologia
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 91-100
• Publication date: 2012-07-01
• EISSN: 1576-6578
• ISSN: 0210-0010
• Language: Spanish; Castilian
• Keywords: Neuronal Plasticity; Muscimol; Auditory Cortex; Models, Animal; GABA-A Receptor Agonists; Mesencephalon; Auditory Pathways; Inferior Colliculi; Humans; Hearing Loss, Unilateral; Space Perception; Nerve Net; Adaptation, Physiological; Drug Implants; Sound Localization; Ferrets; Animals