HST.722J/9.044J - Fall 2007

Cortico-Thalamic Feedback (Slama/Brown)

The distributed auditory cortex and some of its connections (from Winer & Lee 2007)

Background

1. Alitto HJ, Usrey WM.  Cortico-thalamic feedback and sensory processing.  Current Opinion in Neurobiology 13:440–445, 2003.  PDF

2. Winer, J.A., Lee, C.C. The distributed auditory cortex. Hearing Research 229:3-13, 2007. PDF

Papers for Discussion

1. Villa, A.E.P., Rouiller E.M., Simm, G.M., Zurita, P., de Ribaupierre, Y., de Ribaupierre, F.  Corticofugal modulation of the information processing in the auditory thalamus of the cat. Experimental Brain Research 86:506-517, 1999.  PDF  Discussed 12/4

2. He, J., Yu, Y.-Q., Xiong, Y., Hashikawa, T., Chan, Y.-S.  Modulatory effect of cortical activation on the lemniscal auditory thalamus of the guinea pig. Journal of Neurophysiology 88:1040-1050, 2002. PDF  Discussed 12/4

3. Alain, C., Reinke, K., McDonald, K.L., Chau, W., Tam, F. Pacurar, A., Graham, S.  Left thalamo-cortical network implicated in successful speech separation and identification. Neuroimage 26:592-599, 2005.  PDF  Discussed 12/4