Auditory-somatosensory multisensory processing in auditory association cortex: an fMRI study.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_C6C298CA6212
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Auditory-somatosensory multisensory processing in auditory association cortex: an fMRI study.
Journal
Journal of neurophysiology
Author(s)
Foxe J.J., Wylie G.R., Martinez A., Schroeder C.E., Javitt D.C., Guilfoyle D., Ritter W., Murray M.M.
ISSN
0022-3077 (Print)
ISSN-L
0022-3077
Publication state
Published
Issued date
07/2002
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
88
Number
1
Pages
540-543
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Clinical Trial ; Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Using high-field (3 Tesla) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we demonstrate that auditory and somatosensory inputs converge in a subregion of human auditory cortex along the superior temporal gyrus. Further, simultaneous stimulation in both sensory modalities resulted in activity exceeding that predicted by summing the responses to the unisensory inputs, thereby showing multisensory integration in this convergence region. Recently, intracranial recordings in macaque monkeys have shown similar auditory-somatosensory convergence in a subregion of auditory cortex directly caudomedial to primary auditory cortex (area CM). The multisensory region identified in the present investigation may be the human homologue of CM. Our finding of auditory-somatosensory convergence in early auditory cortices contributes to mounting evidence for multisensory integration early in the cortical processing hierarchy, in brain regions that were previously assumed to be unisensory.
Keywords
Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Auditory Cortex/physiology, Female, Hearing/physiology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Physical Stimulation, Touch/physiology
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