Current source density profiles of stimulus-specific adaptation in rat auditory cortex.

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Neurons in primary auditory cortex (A1) are known to exhibit a phenomenon known as stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA), which means that, when tested with pure tones, they will respond more strongly to a particular frequency if it is presented as a rare, unexpected "oddball" stimulus than when the same stimulus forms part of a series of common, "standard" stimuli. Although SSA has occasionally been observed in midbrain neurons that form part of the paraleminscal auditory pathway, it is thought...

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Authors: Szymanski, F; Garcia-Lazaro, J; Schnupp, J

• Journal: Journal of neurophysiology
• Volume: 102
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 1483-1490
• Publication date: 2009-09-01
• DOI: 10.1152/jn.00240.2009
• EISSN: 1522-1598
• ISSN: 0022-3077
• Language: English
• Keywords: Auditory Cortex; Auditory Perception; Acoustic Stimulation; Psychophysics; Contingent Negative Variation; Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Female; Electroencephalography; Mesencephalon; Rats; Auditory Pathways; Evoked Potentials, Auditory; Rats, Long-Evans; Neurons