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ReviewHearing research2011

Information flow in the auditory cortical network.

Troy A Hackett

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Review in Hearing research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 156 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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156citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

156 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 344 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Phoneme and word recognition in the auditory ventral stream.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
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  16. Multilevel irreversibility reveals higher-order organization of nonequilibrium interactions in human brain dynamics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Troy A HackettDept. of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 301 Wilson Hall, 111 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203, USA. troy.a.hackett@vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

Functional Organization of the Auditory CortexR01DC004318 · NIDCD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI HACKETT, TROY A. · 2001 to 2011
$3.8M
Neurophysiology and Anatomy of Multisensory ProcessingR01DC011490 · NIDCD · NATHAN S. KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCH RES · PI HACKETT, TROY A., SCHROEDER, CHARLES E · 2011 to 2015
$2.5M
Biobehavioral Intervention in Developmental Disabilities(RMI)T32MH075883 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI DYKENS, ELISABETH M · 2005 to 2009
$1.0M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC004318NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC011490NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC04318NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH075883
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Auditory processing in the cerebral cortex is comprised of an interconnected network of auditory and auditory-related areas distributed throughout the forebrain. The nexus of auditory activity is located in temporal cortex among several specialized areas, or fields, that receive dense inputs from the medial geniculate complex. These areas are collectively referred to as auditory cortex. Auditory activity is extended beyond auditory cortex via connections with auditory-related areas elsewhere in the cortex. Within this network, information flows between areas to and from countless targets, but in a manner that is characterized by orderly regional, areal and laminar patterns. These patterns reflect some of the structural constraints that passively govern the flow of information at all levels of the network. In addition, the exchange of information within these circuits is dynamically regulated by intrinsic neurochemical properties of projecting neurons and their targets. This article begins with an overview of the principal circuits and how each is related to information flow along major axes of the network. The discussion then turns to a description of neurochemical gradients along these axes, highlighting recent work on glutamate transporters in the thalamocortical projections to auditory cortex. The article concludes with a brief discussion of relevant neurophysiological findings as they relate to structural gradients in the network.

Indexed as

Amino Acid Transport System X-AGAnimalsAuditory CortexAuditory PathwaysAuditory PerceptionHumansModels, NeurologicalThalamusAmino Acid Transport System X-AG

Identifiers

PMID20116421
PMCPMC3022347
OpenAlexW2011454762

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