Inhibitory Function in Auditory Processing

• Main Author: Conny Kopp-Scheinpflug (auth)
• Other Authors: R. Michael Burger (auth), Ian D. Forsythe (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Gap Junctions; Sound Localization; GABA; inhibition; plasticity; Nitric Oxide; MNTB; Glycine; co-release
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There seems little doubt that from the earliest evolutionary beginnings, inhibition has been a fundamental feature of neuronal circuits - even the simplest life forms sense and interact with their environment, orienting or approaching positive stimuli while avoiding aversive stimuli. This requires i...