Sensitivity of cat primary auditory cortex (AI) neurons to the direction and rate of frequency modulation. Export

@article{MendelsonCat1, abstract = {Responses of 65 single auditory cortex (AI) neurons to frequency-modulated (FM) sweeps with different rates and direction of frequency change were examined quantitatively. Most units responded differentially depending on the characteristics of the FM sweep stimulus. Sixty-five percent of the units encountered responded at least twice as well for one direction of the FM sweep as for the other direction. Of these direction selective neurons, 67\% preferred downward-directed FM sweeps (i.e. changing from high to low frequencies) while only 33\% preferred upward-directed FM sweeps. The preference for downward-directed FM sweeps was especially clear in EI cells. In addition, cortical neurons often displayed sensitivity to the rate of frequency modulation (speed sensitivity).}, author = {Mendelson, J. R. and Cynader, M. S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3177270}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3986511}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=3986511}, day = {18}, issn = {0006-8993}, journal = {Brain research}, keywords = {cp1}, month = {February}, number = {1-2}, pages = {331--335}, posted-at = {2008-09-01 03:42:27}, priority = {2}, title = {Sensitivity of cat primary auditory cortex (AI) neurons to the direction and rate of frequency modulation.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3986511}, volume = {327}, year = {1985} }

TY - JOUR ID - MendelsonCat1 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3177270 N2 - Responses of 65 single auditory cortex (AI) neurons to frequency-modulated (FM) sweeps with different rates and direction of frequency change were examined quantitatively. Most units responded differentially depending on the characteristics of the FM sweep stimulus. Sixty-five percent of the units encountered responded at least twice as well for one direction of the FM sweep as for the other direction. Of these direction selective neurons, 67% preferred downward-directed FM sweeps (i.e. changing from high to low frequencies) while only 33% preferred upward-directed FM sweeps. The preference for downward-directed FM sweeps was especially clear in EI cells. In addition, cortical neurons often displayed sensitivity to the rate of frequency modulation (speed sensitivity). IS - 1-2 JF - Brain research SN - 0006-8993 EP - 335 TI - Sensitivity of cat primary auditory cortex (AI) neurons to the direction and rate of frequency modulation. VL - 327 SP - 331 KW - cp1 AU - Mendelson, JR AU - Cynader, MS PY - 1985/02/18/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3986511 ER -