Paving the way forward: integrating the senses through phase-resetting of cortical oscillations.
Most, if not all, of the neocortex is multisensory, but the mechanisms by which different cortical areas - association versus sensory, for instance - integrate multisensory inputs are not known. The study by Lakatos et al. reveals that, in the primary auditory cortex, the phase of neural oscillations is reset by somatosensory inputs, and subsequent auditory inputs are enhanced or suppressed, depending on their timing relative to the oscillatory cycle.
Ghazanfar
Asif A
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Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. asifg@princeton.edu
Chandrasekaran
Chandramouli F
CF
D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D019579:Neocortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009991:Oscillometry; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*