Topographic organization is a hallmark of sensory cortical organization. Topography is
robust at spatial scales ranging from hundreds of microns to centimeters, but can dissolve at …

These are exciting times for the field of optical imaging of brain function. Rapid
developments in theory and technology continue to considerably advance understanding of …

Cortical processing of auditory stimuli involves large populations of neurons with distinct
individual response profiles. However, the functional organization and dynamics of local …

The sensory areas of the cerebral cortex possess multiple topographic representations of
sensory dimensions. The gradient of frequency selectivity (tonotopy) is the dominant …

The auditory cortex of the rat is becoming an increasingly popular model system for studies
of experience-dependent receptive field plasticity. However, the relative position of various …

Attention is essential for navigating complex acoustic scenes, when the listener seeks to
extract a foreground source while suppressing background acoustic clutter. This study …

Auditory experience leads to myriad changes in processing in the central auditory system.
We recently described task-related plasticity characterized by rapid modulation of spectro …

We characterized the functional organization of different fields within the auditory cortex of
anaesthetized ferrets. As previously reported, the primary auditory cortex, A1, and the …

Animal models of MMN may serve both to further our understanding of neural processing
beyond pure sensory coding and for unraveling the neural and pharmacological processes …

Because we can perceive the pitch, timbre, and spatial location of a sound source
independently, it seems natural to suppose that cortical processing of sounds might …