Alterations to multisensory and unisensory integration by stimulus competition

• Published in: Journal of neurophysiology Vol. 106; no. 6; pp. 3091 - 3101
• Main Authors: Pluta, Scott R, Rowland, Benjamin A, Stanford, Terrence R, Stein, Barry E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.12.2011
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Action Potentials - physiology; Animals; Auditory Perception - physiology; Cats; Models, Biological; Neural Inhibition - physiology; Neurons - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Psychophysics; Superior Colliculi - cytology; Superior Colliculi - physiology; Visual Perception - physiology

In environments containing sensory events at competing locations, selecting a target for orienting requires prioritization of stimulus values. Although the superior colliculus (SC) is causally linked to the stimulus selection process, the manner in which SC multisensory integration operates in a com...