Variability of the Time Course of Stimulus-Specific Adaptation in the Inferior Colliculus

Stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) is the ability of some neurons to respond better to rare than to frequent, repetitive stimuli. In the auditory system, it has been found at the level of the midbrain, thalamus and cortex. While previous studies have used the whole overall neuronal response to chara...

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Main Authors: David ePérez-González, Manuel S. Malmierca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2012.00107/full