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A unified frame work for the organization of the primate auditory cortex
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A unified frame work for the organization of the primate auditory cortex

Simon Baumann, Christopher I. Petkov and Timothy D. Griffiths
Frontiers in systems neuroscience, Vol.7, 11
01/01/2013
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00011
PMCID: PMC3639404
PMID: 23641203
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Abstract

In non-human primates a scheme for the organization of the auditory cortex is frequently used to localize auditory processes. The scheme allows a common basis for comparison of functional organization across non-human primate species. However, although a body of functional and structural data in non-human primates supports an accepted scheme of nearly a dozen neighboring functional areas, can this scheme be directly applied to humans? Attempts to expand the scheme of auditory cortical fields in humans have been severely hampered by a recent controversy about the organization of tonotopic maps in humans, centered on two different models with radically different organization. We point out observations that reconcile the previous models and suggest a distinct model in which the human cortical organization is much more like that of other primates. This unified framework allows a more robust and detailed comparison of auditory cortex organization across primate species including humans.
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