title: Cortico-Cortical Connectivity Within Ferret Auditory Cortex.
abstract: Despite numerous studies of auditory cortical processing in the ferret (Mustela putorius), very little is known about the connections between the different regions of the auditory cortex that have been characterized cytoarchitectonically and physiologically. We examined the distribution of retrograde and anterograde labeling after injecting tracers into one or more regions of ferret auditory cortex. Injections of different tracers at frequency-matched locations in the core areas, the primary auditory cortex (A1) and anterior auditory field (AAF), of the same animal revealed the presence of reciprocal connections with overlapping projections to and from discrete regions within the posterior pseudosylvian and suprasylvian fields (PPF and PSF), suggesting that these connections are frequency specific. In contrast, projections from the primary areas to the anterior dorsal field (ADF) on the anterior ectosylvian gyrus were scattered and non-overlapping, consistent with the non-tonotopic organization of this field. The relative strength of the projections originating in each of the primary fields differed, with A1 predominantly targeting the posterior bank fields PPF and PSF, which in turn project to the ventral posterior field, whereas AAF projects more heavily to the ADF, which then projects to the anteroventral field and the pseudosylvian sulcal cortex. These findings suggest that parallel anterior and posterior processing networks may exist, although the connections between different areas often overlap and interactions were present at all levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, United Kingdom.|Ear Institute, University College London, London, WC1X 8EE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jennifer K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Bizley
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Victoria M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Bajo
authors.forename: Fernando R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Nodal
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D056347:Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Techniques
keywords: auditory system; carnivore; multisensory; topography; tract tracing
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