Neural modulation in inferior colliculus and
central auditory plasticity

doi:10.1007/s11515-010-0040-7

Front. Biol.

2010, Vol. 5

Issue (2) : 123-127 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11515-010-0040-7

Research articles

Neural modulation in inferior colliculus and central auditory plasticity

Huixian MEI¹,Qicai CHEN²,

1.College of Life Sciences and Hubei Key Lab of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China；School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Science and Technology Zhongnan Branch, Wuhan 430223, China; 2.College of Life Sciences and Hubei Key Lab of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China;

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Abstract The neural modulation in central auditory system plays an important role in perception and processing of sound signal and auditory cognition. The inferior colliculus (IC) is both a relay station in central auditory pathway and a sub-cortical auditory center doing the sound signal processing. IC is also modulated by the descending projections from the cortex and auditory thalamus, medial geniculate body, and these neural modulations not only can affect ongoing sound signal processing but can also induce plastic changes in IC.

Keywords neural modulation auditory plasticity inferior colliculus

Issue Date: 01 April 2010

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Huixian MEI,Qicai CHEN. Neural modulation in inferior colliculus and central auditory plasticity[J]. Front. Biol., 2010, 5(2): 123-127.

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