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Toward a Synthesis of Cellular Auditory Forebrain Functional Organization

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There is no global theory of auditory forebrain function since the facts available cannot support such an edifice. New technologies, some outlined in the previous chapters, have broadened the issues of functional organization and elevated the discussion to more global perspectives. In the following we are not attempting to provide a global synthesis. We rather address some questions preliminary to such a theory with the explicit view from the cellular level.

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Abbreviations

AAF:

anterior auditory field

AC:

auditory cortex

AI:

primary auditory cortex

GABA:

gamma aminobutyric acid

IC:

inferior colliculus

MGB:

medial geniculate body

TC:

thalamocortical

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by United States Public Health Service grants R01 DC02260-16 (C.E.S.) and DC02319-30 (J.A.W.).

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Winer, J.A., Schreiner, C.E. (2011). Toward a Synthesis of Cellular Auditory Forebrain Functional Organization. In: Winer, J., Schreiner, C. (eds) The Auditory Cortex. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0074-6_32

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