GABA(A)-mediated inhibition modulates stimulus-specific adaptation in the inferior colliculus.

The ability to detect novel sounds in a complex acoustic context is crucial for survival. Neurons from midbrain through cortical levels adapt to repetitive stimuli, while maintaining responsiveness to rare stimuli, a phenomenon called stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA). The site of origin and mechan...

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Main Authors: David Pérez-González, Olga Hernández, Ellen Covey, Manuel S Malmierca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3315508?pdf=render