Dynamics of auditory cortical activity during behavioural engagement and auditory perception

Ioana Carcea; Michele N. Insanally; Robert C. Froemke

doi:10.1038/ncomms14412

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Dynamics of auditory cortical activity during behavioural engagement and auditory perception

Ioana Carcea,
Michele N. Insanally,
Robert C. Froemke

Affiliations

Ioana Carcea: Departments of Otolaryngology, Neuroscience and Physiology, Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA
Michele N. Insanally: Departments of Otolaryngology, Neuroscience and Physiology, Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA
Robert C. Froemke: Departments of Otolaryngology, Neuroscience and Physiology, Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14412
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Sensory perception is enhanced with behavioural engagement. Here the authors show that when rats initiate stimulus delivery in an auditory recognition task, activity of auditory cortex neurons is modulated and optogenetic disruption of this activity affects performance.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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