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SUBMITTER: Keating P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4338598 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Keating Peter P Dahmen Johannes C JC King Andrew J AJ
Nature neuroscience 20150112 2
Spatial hearing evolved independently in mammals and birds and is thought to adapt to altered developmental input in different ways. We found, however, that ferrets possess multiple forms of plasticity that are expressed according to which spatial cues are available, suggesting that the basis for adaptation may be similar across species. Our results also provide insight into the way sound source location is represented by populations of cortical neurons. ...[more]