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An Overview of Stimulus-Specific Adaptation in the Auditory Thalamus

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In the auditory brain, some populations of neurons exhibit stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA), whereby they adapt to frequently occurring stimuli but retain sensitivity to stimuli that are rare. SA has been observed in auditory structures from the midbrain to the primary auditory cortex (A1) and has been proposed to be a precursor to the generation of deviance detection. SSA is strongly expressed in non-lemniscal regions of the medial geniculate body (MGB), the principal nucleus of the auditory thalamus. In this account we review the state of the art of SSA research in the MGB, highlighting the importance of this auditory centre in detecting sounds that may be relevant for survival.

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We thank Dr. Nell Cant for her constructive comments and corrections on a previous version. Financial support was provided by the Spanish MEC (BFU2009-07286) and EU (EUI2009-04083, in the framework of the ERA-NET NEURON Network of European Funding for Neuroscience Research) to M.S.M.

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Antunes, F.M., Malmierca, M.S. An Overview of Stimulus-Specific Adaptation in the Auditory Thalamus. Brain Topogr 27, 480–499 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-013-0342-6

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