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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAuditory CortexAuditory PerceptionConditioning, OperantEvoked Potentials, AuditoryIontophoresisLearningNeural InhibitionNeuronal PlasticityPyridazinesSingingStarlingsConceptsLocal inhibitionInhibitory modulationAuditory cortexMammalian secondary auditory cortexMasking of responsesSecondary auditory cortexResponses of neuronsLearning-related plasticityIontophoretic applicationRole of inhibitionCaudomedial nidopalliumAuditory forebrainInhibitionCortexSpectrotemporal tuningResponse patternsNeural representationResponseGabazineCentral roleForebrainNeurons