Article
Mirror-symmetric tonotopic maps in human primary auditory cortex.
Neuron - 13 Nov 2003
Formisano Elia, Kim Dae Shik, Di Salle Francesco, van de Moortele Pierre Francois, Ugurbil Kamil, Goebel Rainer
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the functional organization of the human primary auditory cortex (PAC) is an essential step in elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying the perception of sound, including speech and music. Based on invasive research in animals, it is believed that neurons in human PAC that respond selectively with respect to the spectral content of a sound form one or more maps in which neighboring patches on...
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