Auditory Selective Attention Modulates Activation of Human Inferior Colliculus Export

@article{citeulike:3753442, abstract = {Selective auditory attention powerfully modulates neural activity in the human auditory cortex (AC). In contrast, the role of attention in subcortical auditory processing is not well established. Here, we used functional MRI (fMRI) to examine activation of the human inferior colliculus (IC) during strictly controlled auditory attention tasks. The IC is an obligatory midbrain nucleus of the ascending auditory pathway with diverse internal and external connections. The IC also receives a massive descending projection from the AC, suggesting that cortical processes affect IC operations. In this study, 21 subjects selectively attended to left-ear or right-ear sounds and ignored sounds delivered to the other ear. IC activations depended on the direction of attention, indicating that auditory processing in the human IC is not only determined by acoustic input but also by the current behavioral goals. 10.1152/jn.90607.2008}, author = {Rinne, Teemu and Balk, Marja H. and Koistinen, Sonja and Autti, Taina and Alho, Kimmo and Sams, Mikko}, citeulike-article-id = {3753442}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.90607.2008}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/100/6/3323?etoc}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18922948}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18922948}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1152/jn.90607.2008}, journal = {J Neurophysiol}, keywords = {attention, colliculus, human, inferior, missing}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {3323--3327}, posted-at = {2008-12-08 10:59:38}, priority = {2}, title = {Auditory Selective Attention Modulates Activation of Human Inferior Colliculus}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.90607.2008}, volume = {100}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3753442 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3753442 N2 - Selective auditory attention powerfully modulates neural activity in the human auditory cortex (AC). In contrast, the role of attention in subcortical auditory processing is not well established. Here, we used functional MRI (fMRI) to examine activation of the human inferior colliculus (IC) during strictly controlled auditory attention tasks. The IC is an obligatory midbrain nucleus of the ascending auditory pathway with diverse internal and external connections. The IC also receives a massive descending projection from the AC, suggesting that cortical processes affect IC operations. In this study, 21 subjects selectively attended to left-ear or right-ear sounds and ignored sounds delivered to the other ear. IC activations depended on the direction of attention, indicating that auditory processing in the human IC is not only determined by acoustic input but also by the current behavioral goals. 10.1152/jn.90607.2008 IS - 6 JF - J Neurophysiol EP - 3327 TI - Auditory Selective Attention Modulates Activation of Human Inferior Colliculus VL - 100 SP - 3323 KW - attention KW - colliculus KW - human KW - inferior KW - missing AU - Rinne, Teemu AU - Balk, Marja AU - Koistinen, Sonja AU - Autti, Taina AU - Alho, Kimmo AU - Sams, Mikko PY - 2008/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.90607.2008 ER -