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The Auditory Cortex

Abstract

Historically, the main purpose of the auditory system has been interpreted as a frequency analyzer (Ohm 1843; von Helmholtz 1863) that provides a faithful spectral representation of the received acoustic waveform. Analysis and characterization of spectral processing, beginning with the principle of parallel signal processing in narrow, partially overlapping frequency channels in the cochlea, has provided a framework for all subsequent stages of computation, information extraction and encoding in the auditory system, including the auditory cortex. This still evolving bottom-up characterization around the concept of a set of parallel frequency filters has been significantly enhanced by including temporal or dynamic and nonlinear aspects of spectral processing. Quantitative and rigorous systems and information analysis approaches have resulted in more complete characterizations of spectral encoding and decoding abilities throughout the auditory system.

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Abbreviations

AAF:

anterior auditory field

ADF:

anterior dorsal field

AI:

primary auditory cortex

AII:

second auditory cortical field

AL:

antero-lateral field

BF:

best frequency

BW:

bandwidth

CF:

characteristic frequency

CL:

caudolateral field

CM:

caudal medial field

DC:

dorsal-caudal field

DCB:

dorsocaudal belt

DRB:

dorsorostral belt

DZ:

dorsal zone

EP:

ectosylvian fields

FRA:

frequency response area

FSU:

fast-spiking unit

FTC:

frequency tuning curve

GABA:

gamma-aminobutyric acid

MGB:

medial geniculate body

MI:

mutual information

MID:

maximally informative dimension

ML:

medial-lateral field

MM:

middle medial field

MTF:

modulation transfer function

P:

postnatal day

PAF:

posterior auditory field

PDF:

posterior dorsal field

PPF:

posterior pseudosylvian field

PSF:

posterior suprasylvian field

Q:

quality factor

R:

rostral field

RF:

receptive field

RM:

rostro-medial field

RSS:

random spectral stimulus

RSU:

regular-spiking unit

RT:

rostro-temporal field

SRAF:

suprarhinal auditory field

STA:

spike-triggered average

STRF:

spectro-temporal receptive field

TORC:

temporally orthogonal ripple combinations

VCB:

ventrocaudal belt

VPAF:

ventroposterior auditory field

VRB:

ventrorostral belt

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Work supported by NIH grants DC 02260 and MH 077970 (C.E.S.) and DC 09635 (R.C.F.). Fruitful collaborations and always lively, illuminating and stimulating interactions with Dr. Jeffery Winer over the last 20 years have influenced much of the thinking presented here.

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Schreiner, C.E., Froemke, R.C., Atencio, C.A. (2011). Spectral Processing in Auditory Cortex. In: Winer, J., Schreiner, C. (eds) The Auditory Cortex. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0074-6_13

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