title: Auditory modulation of the inferior temporal cortex neurons in rhesus monkey.
abstract: We performed a systematic study to check whether neurons in the area TE (the anterior part of inferotemporal cortex) in rhesus monkey, regarded as the last stage of the ventral visual pathway, could be modulated by auditory stimuli. Two fixating rhesus monkeys were presented with visual, auditory or combined audiovisual stimuli while neuronal responses were recorded. We have found that the visually sensitive neurons are also modulated by audiovisual stimuli. This modulation is manifested as the change of response rate. Our results have shown also that the visual neurons were responsive to the sole auditory stimuli. Therefore, the concept of inferotemporal cortex unimodality in information processing should be re-evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaposvári
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Csibri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Csete
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tompa
authors.forename: Gy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sáry
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time; D013997:Time Factors; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology