SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS IN AUDITORY CORTEX FUNCTION

Raju Metherate

Dept. of Psychobiology, University of California, Irvine, 2205 Biological Science II, Irvine, CA 92697-4550

Received 4/1/98 Accepted 4/20/98

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Abstract

2. Introduction

3. Why study synaptic mechanisms in auditory cortex?

4. What determines a neuron’s "behavior"?

4.1. Slow synaptic potentials and neuromodulation
4.2. Intrinsic membrane properties

5. Responses of auditory cortex to acoustic stimuli

6. Synaptic mechanisms in auditory cortex in vivo

7. Synaptic mechanisms in auditory cortex in vitro

8. Perspective

9. Acknowledgment

10. References

11. Entire manuscript