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Evaluation of Hemisphere Lateralization with Bilateral Local Field Potential Recording in Secondary Motor Cortex of Mice
Published on: July 31, 2019
Functional asymmetries of crossed and uncrossed medial olivocochlear efferent pathways in humans
B Philibert1, E Veuillet, L Collet
1UPRESA 5020: Neuroscience et Systèmes Sensoriels, Université Claude Bernard, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
Abstract:
In a previous study, a peripheral auditory asymmetry in right-handers was found. The activity of the uncrossed medial olivocochlear efferent pathway has been shown to be more effective in the right than in the left ear. Our aim was to compare right and left medial olivocochlear inhibition during contralateral, ipsilateral and binaural ear stimulation with a broad band noise, in order to better localize this asymmetry. Uncrossed pathway asymmetry was confirmed and the crossed pathway showed a reverse asymmetry: a left ear advantage. These results are in accordance with the assumption that the medial superior olivary complex is the locus of the asymmetry observed. As this nuclear complex receives central efferents, the peripheral auditory asymmetry may be related to the well-known cortical asymmetry.
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