Evidence for spatiotemporal firing patterns within the auditory thalamus of the cat

Alessandro E.P. Villa, Moshe Abeles

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Abstract

Multiple spike trains were recorded in the auditory thalamus of cats. Each unit was studied before, during and after cooling of the ipsilateral primary auditory cortex, during spontaneous activity and acoustically evoked activity. The search for spatiotemporal firing patterns provided evidence that excess of patterns does exist and that the acoustical stimulation increased their number. Cortical cooling did not affect the probability of finding the firing pattern.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)325-327
Number of pages3
JournalBrain Research
Volume509
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Feb 1990
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Drs. E de Ribaupierre, Y. de Ribaupierre, E.M. Rouiller and G.M. Simm, P. Zurita and C. Eriksson for taking part in the experiments reported here. A.E.P. Villa has worked on this study as IBRO Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This research was partially supported by grants from the Holderbank Stiftung, 5113 Holderbank (Switzerland), Fondation du 4506me anniversaire de l'Universit6 de Lausanne and by Grant No. 86-269 from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel.

Funding

The authors wish to thank Drs. E de Ribaupierre, Y. de Ribaupierre, E.M. Rouiller and G.M. Simm, P. Zurita and C. Eriksson for taking part in the experiments reported here. A.E.P. Villa has worked on this study as IBRO Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This research was partially supported by grants from the Holderbank Stiftung, 5113 Holderbank (Switzerland), Fondation du 4506me anniversaire de l'Universit6 de Lausanne and by Grant No. 86-269 from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel.

FundersFunder number
Fondation du 4506me anniversaire de l'Universit6 de Lausanne86-269
Holderbank Stiftung
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation

    Keywords

    • Auditory thalamus
    • Cortical cooling
    • Corticofugal modulation
    • Multiple electrode
    • Single unit
    • Spatiotemporal pattern

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