Somatostatin-expressing interneurons in the auditory cortex mediate sustained suppression by spectral surround
AA Lakunina, MB Nardoci, Y Ahmadian… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
Sensory systems integrate multiple stimulus features to generate coherent percepts.
Spectral surround suppression, the phenomenon by which sound-evoked responses of …
Spectral surround suppression, the phenomenon by which sound-evoked responses of …
Task engagement selectively modulates neural correlations in primary auditory cortex
JD Downer, M Niwa, ML Sutter - Journal of Neuroscience, 2015 - Soc Neuroscience
Noise correlations (rnoise) between neurons can affect a neural population's discrimination
capacity, even without changes in mean firing rates of neurons. rnoise, the degree to which …
capacity, even without changes in mean firing rates of neurons. rnoise, the degree to which …
Active engagement improves primary auditory cortical neurons' ability to discriminate temporal modulation
M Niwa, JS Johnson, KN O'Connor… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
The effect of attention on single neuron responses in the auditory system is unresolved. We
found that when monkeys discriminated temporally amplitude modulated (AM) from …
found that when monkeys discriminated temporally amplitude modulated (AM) from …
Activity related to perceptual judgment and action in primary auditory cortex
M Niwa, JS Johnson, KN O'Connor… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Recent evidence is reshaping the view of primary auditory cortex (A1) from a unisensory
area to one more involved in dynamically integrating multisensory-and task-related …
area to one more involved in dynamically integrating multisensory-and task-related …
The topography of frequency and time representation in primate auditory cortices
Natural sounds can be characterised by their spectral content and temporal modulation, but
how the brain is organized to analyse these two critical sound dimensions remains …
how the brain is organized to analyse these two critical sound dimensions remains …
A multistream feature framework based on bandpass modulation filtering for robust speech recognition
There is strong neurophysiological evidence suggesting that processing of speech signals
in the brain happens along parallel paths which encode complementary information in the …
in the brain happens along parallel paths which encode complementary information in the …
Contributions of distinct auditory cortical inhibitory neuron types to the detection of sounds in background noise
AA Lakunina, N Menashe, S Jaramillo - eneuro, 2022 - eneuro.org
The ability to separate background noise from relevant acoustic signals is essential for
appropriate sound-driven behavior in natural environments. Examples of this separation are …
appropriate sound-driven behavior in natural environments. Examples of this separation are …
Neural spike-timing patterns vary with sound shape and periodicity in three auditory cortical fields
CM Lee, AF Osman, M Volgushev… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Mammals perceive a wide range of temporal cues in natural sounds, and the auditory cortex
is essential for their detection and discrimination. The rat primary (A1), ventral (VAF), and …
is essential for their detection and discrimination. The rat primary (A1), ventral (VAF), and …
Hierarchical effects of task engagement on amplitude modulation encoding in auditory cortex
M Niwa, KN O'Connor, E Engall… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
We recorded from middle lateral belt (ML) and primary (A1) auditory cortical neurons while
animals discriminated amplitude-modulated (AM) sounds and also while they sat passively …
animals discriminated amplitude-modulated (AM) sounds and also while they sat passively …
Reversible Inactivation of Ferret Auditory Cortex Impairs Spatial and Nonspatial Hearing
A key question in auditory neuroscience is to what extent are brain regions functionally
specialized for processing specific sound features, such as location and identity. In auditory …
specialized for processing specific sound features, such as location and identity. In auditory …