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Primary Auditory Cortex

The Primary Auditory Cortex is the region of the cerebral cortex, specifically located within the temporal lobe and centered on the transverse temporal gyri of Heschl, that serves as the primary cortical recipient of auditory input from the medial geniculate nucleus of the thalamus and is fundamentally responsible for the initial cortical processing of sound features such as frequency, intensity, and temporal patterns.

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A1Primary Auditory Area

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Voice-selective areas in human auditory cortex

Pascal Belin, Robert J. Zatorre, Philippe Lafaille et al. · Nature · 2000 · 1.8K citations

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Balanced inhibition underlies tuning and sharpens spike timing in auditory cortex

Michael Wehr, Anthony M. Zador · Nature · 2003 · 1.5K citations

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Lateralization of phonetic and pitch discrimination in speech processing

Robert J. Zatorre, Alan C. Evans, Ernst Meyer et al. · Science · 1992 · 1.5K citations

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An Oscillatory Hierarchy Controlling Neuronal Excitability and Stimulus Processing in the Auditory Cortex

Péter Lakatos, Ankoor S. Shah, Kevin H. Knuth et al. · Journal of Neurophysiology · 2005 · 1.3K citations

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Spectral and Temporal Processing in Human Auditory Cortex

Robert J. Zatorre · Cerebral Cortex · 2001 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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  1. CE
    Christoph E. Schreiner

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    70 publications · 7.8K citations

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  2. MM
    Michael M. Merzenich

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    53 publications · 11.1K citations

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    Shihab Shamma

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    51 publications · 6.7K citations

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    Norman M. Weinberger

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    45 publications · 4.1K citations

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    Nobuo Suga

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    46 publications · 3.9K citations

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  1. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

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  2. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    52 h-index

    207 publications

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  3. W. M. Keck Foundation

    Los Angeles, United States

    50 h-index

    179 publications

    26.1K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    50 h-index

    141 publications

    15.1K citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    49 h-index

    212 publications

    29.4K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    48 h-index

    230 publications

    19K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    47 h-index

    160 publications

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  8. New York University

    New York, United States

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  1. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 324 publications · 31.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    248 publications · 28.9K citations

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  3. Cerebral Cortex

    130 publications · 15.2K citations

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  4. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    101 publications · 12.5K citations

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  5. Hearing Research

    168 publications · 11.1K citations

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