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ArticleNature communications2021

Inhibitory gating of coincidence-dependent sensory binding in secondary auditory cortex.

Amber M Kline, Destinee A Aponte, Hiroaki Tsukano, Andrea Giovannucci, Hiroyuki K Kato

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amber M KlineDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6128-5044
Destinee A AponteDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Hiroaki TsukanoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Andrea GiovannucciNeuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7850-444X
Hiroyuki K KatoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. hiroyuki_kato@med.unc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5748-3221
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

RESEARCH TRAINING IN THE NEUROSCIENCEST32NS007431 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Juan Song, Mark J. Zylka · 1997 to 2026
$10.0M
Cortical circuits for temporal integration of multi-frequency soundsR01DC017516 · NIDCD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KATO, HIROYUKI · 2019 to 2023
$1.8M
Neural circuits underlying temporal integration of sounds and their dysregulation in an ASD modelF31NS111849 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KLINE, AMBER M · 2019 to 2021
$115k
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017516NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS111849NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007431
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integration of multi-frequency sounds into a unified perceptual object is critical for recognizing syllables in speech. This "feature binding" relies on the precise synchrony of each component's onset timing, but little is known regarding its neural correlates. We find that multi-frequency sounds prevalent in vocalizations, specifically harmonics, preferentially activate the mouse secondary auditory cortex (A2), whose response deteriorates with shifts in component onset timings. The temporal window for harmonics integration in A2 was broadened by inactivation of somatostatin-expressing interneurons (SOM cells), but not parvalbumin-expressing interneurons (PV cells). Importantly, A2 has functionally connected subnetworks of neurons preferentially encoding harmonic over inharmonic sounds. These subnetworks are stable across days and exist prior to experimental harmonics exposure, suggesting their formation during development. Furthermore, A2 inactivation impairs performance in a discrimination task for coincident harmonics. Together, we propose A2 as a locus for multi-frequency integration, which may form the circuit basis for vocal processing.

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AnimalsAuditory CortexAuditory PerceptionEvoked Potentials, AuditoryFemaleInterneuronsMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred CBAParvalbuminsSomatostatinSoundParvalbuminsSomatostatin

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PMID34326331
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