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Functional MRI evidence of the cortico-olivary efferent pathway during active auditory target processing in humans

Authors
Yakunina, NataliaTae, Woo-SukKim, Sam SooNam, Eui-Cheol
Issue Date
8월-2019
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Keywords
Auditory target processing; Sparse sampling; Superior olivary complex; Cortico-olivary efferent pathway; Olivocochlear
Citation
HEARING RESEARCH, v.379, pp.1 - 11
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SCIE
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Journal Title
HEARING RESEARCH
Volume
379
Start Page
1
End Page
11
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/63591
DOI
10.1016/j.heares.2019.04.010
ISSN
0378-5955
Abstract
Auditory target detection has been explored by a number of studies, but none have demonstrated activity in the auditory subcortical centers evoked by the top-down attentional mechanism related to target detection in humans. We applied functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with sparse sampling to explore activity in the auditory centers, particularly in the subcortex, during an active auditory target detection task. Fourteen healthy subjects with normal hearing tapped the left index finger in response to target tonal stimuli presented among other (non-target) stimuli during continuous white noise stimulation. General linear model, region-of-interest, and connectivity analyses were performed. In the cortex, bilateral auditory cortices as well as the cingulate gyrus, thalamus, and supramarginal gyrus were activated to target stimuli and functionally connected to each other. In the subcortex, the superior olivary complex (SOC) and locus coeruleus were activated to the target but not to the non-target or background noise stimuli. The SOC was the only auditory subcortical center that displayed connectivity to the auditory cortical areas as well as the cingulate and supramarginal gyri during target presentation but not during other conditions. SOC activation appears to be the first fMRI evidence of direct cortico-olivary projections in the human brain as well as SOC participation in auditory target detection. Our results may be an initial step towards developing a noninvasive methodology to evaluate the functional integrity of the auditory efferent system in humans. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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