The Auditory Cortex [electronic resource] /
Winer, Jeffery A.editor.
Schreiner, Christoph E.editor.
This volume is a summary and synthesis of the current state of auditory forebrain organization. It addresses a clinical and academic research area that has experienced substantial progress in understanding the contribution of the auditory forebrain (that is, the medial geniculate body, the auditory cortex, and limbic-related structures) to hearing, sound localization, communication, emotive behavior, and cognition. While much of this work has been summarized in brief review form, a more synoptic and integrative treatment has been needed. The Auditory Cortex looks back on 100 years of the discipline of auditory forebrain studies with a view to framing a future agenda. As new methods emerge and as older approaches exhaust their potential, it provides a summing up of the field and forges a prospectus for future work. The goal of this volume is to provide an experimental foundation and a conceptual framework for the auditory forebrain useful to the discipline as a whole, which one might consult as both a summary of work in progress and an invitation to explore further. The Auditory Cortex is a timely contribution in view of the growing interest in this network as the arbiter for hearing, and as a key element in the larger communications network that spans and links the parietal, temporal, and frontal cortices. It provides an introduction to the auditory forebrain and to the neural basis of central auditory processing for neuroscientists, psychologists, clinicians, otolaryngologists, and graduate and postgraduate research workers in the field of sensory and sensory-motor systems. About the Editors: Dr. Jeffery A. Winer was a Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley. He used structural studies of the central auditory pathway as a model system to address significant neurobiological questions about neural circuitry in a functional context. The comparative, structural, and functional accessibility of the central auditory pathway provided him with a powerful system in which to pursue functional questions in the context of systems neuroscience. Dr. Christoph E. Schreiner is Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery and a Member of the W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience and the Coleman Memorial Laboratory at the University of California at San Francisco. His main scientific interests are centered around the processing of complex sounds in the auditory midbrain, thalamus, and cortex.
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; 1 The Historical Development of Ideas About the Auditory Cortex; 2 A Profile of Auditory Forebrain Connections and Circuits; 3 Thalamocortical Relations; 4 Auditory Cortical Organization: Evidence for Functional Streams; 5 The Commissural Auditory System; 6 Intrinsic Connections of the Auditory Cortex; 7 A Synthesis of Auditory Cortical Connections: Thalamocortical, Commissural and Corticocortical Systems; 8 Auditory Cortical Projections to the Medial Geniculate Body; 9 Descending Connections of Auditory Cortex to the Midbrain and Brain Stem
10 Neurochemical Organization of the Medial Geniculate Body and Auditory Cortex11 Synaptic Integration in Auditory Cortex; 12 Physiological Properties of Neurons in the Medial Geniculate Body; 13 Spectral Processing in Auditory Cortex; 14 Temporal Coding in Auditory Cortex; 15 Cortical Representation of Auditory Space; 16 Communication Sounds and their Cortical Representation; 17 A Semantic Concept of Auditory Cortex Function and Learning; 18 Functional Specialization in Primary and Non-primary Auditory Cortex; 19 The Evolution of Auditory Cortex: The Core Areas; 20 The Avian Auditory Pallium
21 Development of the Auditory Cortex22 Reconceptualizing the Primary Auditory Cortex: Learning, Memory and Specific Plasticity; 23 Cortical Effects of Aging and Hearing Loss; 24 Corticofugal Modulation and Plasticity for Auditory Signal Processing; 25 Auditory Evoked Potentials and Their Utility in the Assessment of Complex Sound Processing; 26 Auditory Memories and Feedback Processing for Vocal Learning; 27 Population Dynamics in Auditory Cortex: Optical Imaging; 28 From Tones to Speech: Magnetoencephalographic Studies; 29 The Relationship of Auditory Cortical Activity to PerceptionINTbreak
and Behavior30 Processing Strategies in Auditory Cortex: Comparison with Other Sensory Modalities; 31 Cortical Speech and Music Processes Revealed by FunctionalINTbreak;  Neuroimaging; 32 Toward a Synthesis of Cellular Auditory Forebrain FunctionalINTbreak;  Organization; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume is a summary and synthesis of the current state of auditory forebrain organization. It addresses a clinical and academic research area that has experienced substantial progress in understanding the contribution of the auditory forebrain (that is, the medial geniculate body, the auditory cortex, and limbic-related structures) to hearing, sound localization, communication, emotive behavior, and cognition. While much of this work has been summarized in brief review form, a more synoptic and integrative treatment has been needed. The Auditory Cortex looks back on 100 years of the discipline of auditory forebrain studies with a view to framing a future agenda. As new methods emerge and as older approaches exhaust their potential, it provides a summing up of the field and forges a prospectus for future work. The goal of this volume is to provide an experimental foundation and a conceptual framework for the auditory forebrain useful to the discipline as a whole, which one might consult as both a summary of work in progress and an invitation to explore further. The Auditory Cortex is a timely contribution in view of the growing interest in this network as the arbiter for hearing, and as a key element in the larger communications network that spans and links the parietal, temporal, and frontal cortices. It provides an introduction to the auditory forebrain and to the neural basis of central auditory processing for neuroscientists, psychologists, clinicians, otolaryngologists, and graduate and postgraduate research workers in the field of sensory and sensory-motor systems. About the Editors: Dr. Jeffery A. Winer was a Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley. He used structural studies of the central auditory pathway as a model system to address significant neurobiological questions about neural circuitry in a functional context. The comparative, structural, and functional accessibility of the central auditory pathway provided him with a powerful system in which to pursue functional questions in the context of systems neuroscience. Dr. Christoph E. Schreiner is Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery and a Member of the W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience and the Coleman Memorial Laboratory at the University of California at San Francisco. His main scientific interests are centered around the processing of complex sounds in the auditory midbrain, thalamus, and cortex.
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