Inhibitory function in auditory processing / / edited by: R. Michael Burger, Conny Kopp-Scheinpflug and Ian D. Forsythe.

• Superior document: Frontiers Research Topics
• Author: Conny Kopp-Scheinpflug
• TeilnehmendeR: Burger, R. Michael,; Kopp-Scheinpflug, Cornelia,; Forsythe, Ian D.,
• Place / Publishing House: [Lausanne, Switzerland] : : Frontiers Media SA,, [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Frontiers research topics.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (231 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly colour); digital file(s).

Compared to other sensory systems, the auditory system has evolved a large number of subthalamic nuclei each devoted to processing distinct features of sound stimuli. This information once extracted is then re-assembled to form the percept the acoustic world around us. The well-understood function of many of these auditory nuclei has enhanced our understanding of inhibition's role in shaping their responses from easily distinguished inhibitory inputs. In particular, neurons devoted to processing the location of sound sources receive a complement of discrete inputs for which in vivo activity and function are well understood. Investigation of these areas has led to significant advances in understanding the development, physiology, and mechanistic underpinnings of inhibition that apply broadly to neuroscience.