The Role of Context in the Expression of Learning-Induced Plasticity of Single Neurons in Auditory Cortex
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1989
Abstract
Classical conditioning produces frequency-specific plasticity of receptive fields (RFs) of single neurons in cat auditory cortex (Diamond & Weinberger, 1986). In this article we show that although plasticity may be observed during both training trials and determination of RFs, it is usually expressed in a qualitatively different form (e.g., decreased response during conditioning vs. increased response to this same conditioned stimulus in the postconditioning RF). This differential expression of learning-induced plasticity provides evidence for a role of context in neurophysiological mechanisms of learning in auditory cortex. A model of cortical neurons functioning within a mosaic of influences is presented. The Functional Mosaic model views the induction and expression of plasticity as separate processes.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Behavioral Neuroscience, v. 103, issue 3, p. 471-494
Scholar Commons Citation
Diamond, David M. and Weinberger, Norman M., "The Role of Context in the Expression of Learning-Induced Plasticity of Single Neurons in Auditory Cortex" (1989). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1291.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1291
