Traces of learning in the auditory localization pathway

Autor:	Weimin Zheng, Eric I. Knudsen, William M. DeBello
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Nervous system Auditory Pathways Neuronal Plasticity Multidisciplinary Visual space Adaptive change Biology Strigiformes Early life Midbrain medicine.anatomical_structure Colloquium Paper medicine Animals Learning Auditory localization sense organs Visual experience Neuroscience Vision Ocular
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97:11815-11820
ISSN:	1091-6490 0027-8424
Popis:	One of the fascinating properties of the central nervous system is its ability to learn: the ability to alter its functional properties adaptively as a consequence of the interactions of an animal with the environment. The auditory localization pathway provides an opportunity to observe such adaptive changes and to study the cellular mechanisms that underlie them. The midbrain localization pathway creates a multimodal map of space that represents the nervous system's associations of auditory cues with locations in visual space. Various manipulations of auditory or visual experience, especially during early life, that change the relationship between auditory cues and locations in space lead to adaptive changes in auditory localization behavior and to corresponding changes in the functional and anatomical properties of this pathway. Traces of this early learning persist into adulthood, enabling adults to reacquire patterns of connectivity that were learned initially during the juvenile period.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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