auditory cortex
Acronym: ACx
The term auditory cortex refers to a region of cerebral cortex defined on the basis of function, namely the perception of sounds. In the human it is located in the superior one-third of the temporal lobe. There the anatomic substrate includes area 41 of Brodmann, area 42 of Brodmann and the rostral two-thirds of area 22 of Brodmann (human) ( Zilles-2004 ). In the rat ( Paxinos-2009b ) and mouse ( Hof-2000 ) the neural substrate is an area on the lateral surface of the cerebral cortex that consists of three parts: the primary auditory cortex, the dorsal auditory areas, and the ventral auditory areas. Some authors distinguish a posterior auditory area at the caudal extreme of the primary auditory cortex of rodents ( Swanson-2004; Dong-2004 ). The auditory cortex in all of the species receives projections directly or indirectly from the medial geniculate body ( Crosby-1962 ).

Also known as: auditory area, auditory areas, temporal auditory areasNeuroNames ID : 1556


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