title: Complementary adaptive processes contribute to the developmental plasticity of spatial hearing.
abstract: Spatial hearing evolved independently in mammals and birds and is thought to adapt to altered developmental input in different ways. We found, however, that ferrets possess multiple forms of plasticity that are expressed according to which spatial cues are available, suggesting that the basis for adaptation may be similar across species. Our results also provide insight into the way sound source location is represented by populations of cortical neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keating
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Johannes C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dahmen
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.identifier: 0000000151807179
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013017:Sound Localization / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology