Different Neurons Population Distribution correlates with Topologic-Temporal Dynamic Acoustic Information Flow

  • Walter Riofrio
  • Luis Angel Aguilar
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Abstract

In this study, we will focus on two aspects of neural interconnections. One is the way in which the information flow is produced, and the other has to do with the neural distribution with specific architectural arrangements in the brain. It is very important to realize that both aspects are related, but it is possible to support in the former that the information flow is not only governed by the number of spikes in the neurons, but by a series of other factors as well. Here we show the role played by GABAergic neurons in acoustic information transmission in the Central Nucleus of Inferior Colliculus (CNIC). We report a neural spatial-temporal cluster distribution, associated with each isofrequency region. With these results, we will shed some light onto the emergence of certain mental properties starting from the neural dynamic interactions.

Keywords

Inferior Colliculus GABAergic Neuron Central Nucleus Mental Property Auditory Pathway 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Walter Riofrio
    • 1
  • Luis Angel Aguilar
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Neuroscience and Behaviour DivisionUniversidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaUSA
  2. 2.Castilla y Leon Neuroscience InstituteSalamancaSpain

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