Dynamics of auditory cortical activity during behavioural engagement and auditory perception

Sensory perception is enhanced with behavioural engagement. Here the authors show that when rats initiate stimulus delivery in an auditory recognition task, activity of auditory cortex neurons is modulated and optogenetic disruption of this activity affects performance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ioana Carcea, Michele N. Insanally, Robert C. Froemke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14412