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ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2018

Neural encoding of sensory and behavioral complexity in the auditory cortex.

Kishore Kuchibhotla, Brice Bathellier

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Aging in the Primary Auditory Cortex.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2026
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  10. Distinct Inhibitory Neurons Differently Shape Neuronal Codes for Sound Intensity in the Auditory Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  16. Non-sensory Influences on Auditory Learning and Plasticity.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2022
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  17. An Emergent Population Code in Primary Auditory Cortex Supports Selective Attention to Spectral and Temporal Sound Features.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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  18. Experience-Dependent Coding of Time-Dependent Frequency Trajectories by Off Responses in Secondary Auditory Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kishore KuchibhotlaDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States; Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, INSERM U960, École Normale Supérieure - PSL Research University, Paris, France.
Brice BathellierUnité de Neuroscience, Information et Complexité (UNIC), FRE 3693, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paris-Saclay University, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91198, France. Electronic address: brice.bathellier@unic.cnrs-gif.fr.

Funding

Neural circuitry for flexible control of auditory perception and behaviorR00DC015014 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KUCHIBHOTLA, KISHORE V · 2018 to 2020
$986k
Neural circuitry for flexible control of auditory perception and behaviorK99DC015014 · NIDCD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI KUCHIBHOTLA, KISHORE V · 2016 to 2017
$241k
NIDCD NIH HHS K99 DC015014NIDCD NIH HHS R00 DC015014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Converging evidence now supports the idea that auditory cortex is an important step for the emergence of auditory percepts. Recent studies have extended the list of complex, nonlinear sound features coded by cortical neurons. Moreover, we are beginning to uncover general properties of cortical representations, such as invariance and discreteness, which reflect the structure of auditory perception. Complexity, however, emerges not only through nonlinear shaping of auditory information into perceptual bricks. Behavioral context and task-related information strongly influence cortical encoding of sounds via ascending neuromodulation and descending top-down frontal control. These effects appear to be mediated through local inhibitory networks. Thus, auditory cortex can be seen as a hub linking structured sensory representations with behavioral variables.

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AnimalsAuditory CortexAuditory PerceptionHumansLocomotionNerve Net

Identifiers

PMID29709885
PMCPMC6924614

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