The unique role of the non-lemniscal pathway on stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) in the auditory system

Authors

  • Guillermo V. Carbajal Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Institute of Neuroscience of Castilla y León (INCYL), Salamanca, Spain; Salamanca Institute for Biomedical Research (IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain
  • Manuel S. Malmierca Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Institute of Neuroscience of Castilla y León (INCYL), Salamanca, Spain; Salamanca Institute for Biomedical Research (IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain; Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Keywords:

SSA, non-lemniscal, auditory, MMN, midbrain, thalamus, cerebral cortex

Abstract

Stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) is a special type of adaptation that allows neurons to cease responding only to repetitive, background stimuli, while preserving its responsiveness for other, new upcoming deviant stimuli. It emerges subcortically in non-lemniscal neurons of the inferior colliculi, propagating and evolving throughout the auditory pathway, until reaching its uppermost manifestation in the non-lemniscal areas of the auditory cortex. In this review, we will discuss the fundamental role of the non-lemniscal pathway in the generation of SSA, which is usually disregarded in cortical SSA research, despite being a major anatomical source of the mismatch negativity (MMN).

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2018-02-06

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Carbajal, G. V., & Malmierca, M. S. (2018). The unique role of the non-lemniscal pathway on stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) in the auditory system. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, 6, 95–106. Retrieved from https://proceedings.isaar.eu/index.php/isaarproc/article/view/2017-12

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2017/2. Neural mechanisms, modeling, and physiological correlates of adaptation