Fast, precise, and sustained synaptic transmission at high frequency is thought to be crucial
for the task of sound localization in the auditory brainstem. However, recordings from the …

In the auditory cortex (AC), interhemispheric communication is involved in sound localization
processes underlying spatial hearing. However, the neuronal microcircuits recruited by the …

Performing actions with auditory consequences modulates the response in auditory cortex to
otherwise identical stimuli passively heard. Such modulation has been suggested to occur …

Sound features are blended together en route to the central nervous system before being
discriminated for further processing by the cortical synaptic network. The mechanisms …

Cortical sensory maps are remodeled during early life to adapt to the surrounding
environment. Both sensory and contextual signals are important for induction of this …

The ongoing activity of neurons generates a spatially and time-varying field of extracellular
voltage (V e). This V e field reflects population-level neural activity, but does it modulate …

Intensity-tuned auditory cortex neurons have spike rates that are nonmonotonic functions of
sound intensity: their spike rate initially increases and peaks as sound intensity is increased …

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 …

An important outstanding question in auditory neuroscience is to identify the mechanisms by
which specific motifs within inter-connected neural circuits affect auditory processing and …

Brain asymmetry in the sensitivity to spectrotemporal modulation is an established functional
feature that underlies the perception of speech and music. The left auditory cortex (ACx) is …