title: Functional localization of the auditory thalamus in individual human subjects.
abstract: Here we describe an easily implemented protocol based on sparse MR acquisition and a scrambled 'music' auditory stimulus that allows for reliable measurement of functional activity within the medial geniculate body (MGB, the primary auditory thalamic nucleus) in individual subjects. We find that our method is equally accurate and reliable as previously developed structural methods, and offers significantly more accuracy in identifying the MGB than group based methods. We also find that lateralization and binaural summation within the MGB resemble those found in the auditory cortex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: G Christopher
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Stecker
authors.forename: Ione
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fine
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013788:Thalamus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology