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A Lightweight, Headphones-based System for Manipulating Auditory Feedback in Songbirds
Published on: November 26, 2012
Matthew A Xu-Friedman1, Wade G Regehr
1Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Abstract:
One way to localize sounds is to measure differences in sound intensity at the two ears. This comparison is made in the lateral superior olive, where signals from both ears converge. Magnusson et al. in this issue of Neuron show that dendritic GABA release can regulate this comparison, which may allow animals localizing sounds to adapt to listening conditions.
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