It is generally thought that background noise can mask auditory information. However, how
the noise specifically transforms neuronal auditory processing in a level-dependent manner …

Receptive fields of primary auditory cortex (A1) neurons show excitatory neuronal frequency
preference and diverse inhibitory sidebands. While the frequency preferences of excitatory …

Most models of auditory cortical (AC) population coding have focused on primary auditory
cortex (A1). Thus our understanding of how neural coding for sounds progresses along the …

Despite the extensive physiological work performed on auditory cortex, our understanding of
the basic functional properties of auditory cortical neurons is incomplete. For example, it …

Neurons in the primary auditory cortex (A1) can show rapid changes in receptive fields when
animals are engaged in sound detection and discrimination tasks. The source of a signal to …

The primary auditory cortex (A1) plays a key role for sound perception since it represents
one of the first cortical processing stations for sounds. Recent studies have shown that on …

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Sensory information undergoes ordered and coordinated processing across cortical layers.
Whereas cortical layer (L) 4 faithfully acquires thalamic information, the superficial layers …

The role of local cortical activity in shaping neuronal responses is controversial. Among
other questions, it is unknown how the diverse response patterns reported in vivo—lateral …

Auditory neurons are likely adapted to process complex stimuli, such as vocalizations, which
contain spectrotemporal modulations. However, basic properties of auditory neurons are …