A Sound-Sensitive Source of Alpha Oscillations in Human Non-Primary Auditory Cortex

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 39; no. 44; pp. 8679 - 8689
• Main Authors: Billig, Alexander J, Herrmann, Björn, Rhone, Ariane E, Gander, Phillip E, Nourski, Kirill V, Snoad, Beau F, Kovach, Christopher K, Kawasaki, Hiroto, Howard, 3rd, Matthew A, Johnsrude, Ingrid S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society for Neuroscience 30.10.2019
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Acoustics; Adult; Alpha Rhythm; Auditory Cortex - physiology; Auditory Pathways - physiology; Cortex (auditory); Cortex (somatosensory); Cortex (temporal); EEG; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Evoked Potentials, Auditory; Female; Functional morphology; Gamma Rhythm; Hearing; Humans; Information flow; Information processing; Latency; Male; Middle Aged; Oscillations; Scalp; Sensory stimulation; Speech Perception - physiology; Temporal Lobe - physiology; Young Adult; intracranial; auditory cortex; functional inhibition; high gamma; speech; alpha

The functional organization of human auditory cortex can be probed by characterizing responses to various classes of sound at different anatomical locations. Along with histological studies this approach has revealed a primary field in posteromedial Heschl's gyrus (HG) with pronounced induced h...