2012
Local inhibition modulates learning-dependent song encoding in the songbird auditory cortex
Thompson JV, Jeanne JM, Gentner TQ. Local inhibition modulates learning-dependent song encoding in the songbird auditory cortex. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2012, 109: 721-733. PMID: 23155175, PMCID: PMC3567384, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00262.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal inhibitionInhibitory modulationAuditory cortexMammalian secondary auditory cortexMasking of responsesSecondary auditory cortexResponses of neuronsLearning-related plasticityIontophoretic applicationRole of inhibitionCaudomedial nidopalliumAuditory forebrainInhibitionCortexSpectrotemporal tuningResponse patternsNeural representationResponseGabazineCentral roleForebrainNeurons
2011
Emergence of Learned Categorical Representations within an Auditory Forebrain Circuit
Jeanne JM, Thompson JV, Sharpee TO, Gentner TQ. Emergence of Learned Categorical Representations within an Auditory Forebrain Circuit. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 2595-2606. PMID: 21325527, PMCID: PMC3060658, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3930-10.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForebrain circuitsExtracellular single-unit activityCaudomedial mesopalliumSecondary auditory regionsAuditory regionsSingle-unit activityProperties of neuronsBrain circuitryNeuronsSongbird brainNatural vocal signalsNeural responsesHigher-level neuronsNeural encodingMesopalliumResponseMore information