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  • 标题:Frequency representation within the human brain: Stability versus plasticity
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  • 作者:Hubert H. Lim ; Minoo Lenarz ; Gert Joseph
  • 期刊名称:Scientific Reports
  • 电子版ISSN:2045-2322
  • 出版年度:2013
  • 卷号:3
  • DOI:10.1038/srep01474
  • 出版社:Springer Nature
  • 摘要:A topographical representation for frequency has been identified throughout the auditory brain in animals but with limited evidence in humans. Using a midbrain implant, we identified an ordering of pitch percepts for electrical stimulation of sites across the human inferior colliculus (IC) that was consistent with the IC tonotopy shown in animals. Low pitches were perceived by the subject for stimulation of superficial IC sites while higher pitches were perceived for stimulation of deeper sites. Interestingly, this pitch ordering was not initially observed for stimulation across the IC, possibly due to central changes caused by prior hearing loss. Daily implant stimulation for about 4 months altered the pitch percepts from being predominantly low to exhibiting the expected ordering across the stimulated IC. A presumably normal tonotopic representation may have been maintained within the IC or accessible through IC stimulation that helped form this pitch ordering perceived in higher centers.
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