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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bulkin DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3075276 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of neurophysiology 20110209 4
We investigated the functional architecture of the inferior colliculus (IC) in rhesus monkeys. We systematically mapped multiunit responses to tonal stimuli and noise in the IC and surrounding tissue of six rhesus macaques, collecting data at evenly placed locations and recording nonresponsive locations to define boundaries. The results show a modest tonotopically organized region (17 of 100 recording penetration locations in 4 of 6 monkeys) surrounded by a large mass of tissue that, although vi ...[more]