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GABA A -Mediated Inhibition Modulates Stimulus-Specific Adaptation in the Inferior Colliculus

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  • David Pérez-González
  • Olga Hernández
  • Ellen Covey
  • Manuel S Malmierca

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The ability to detect novel sounds in a complex acoustic context is crucial for survival. Neurons from midbrain through cortical levels adapt to repetitive stimuli, while maintaining responsiveness to rare stimuli, a phenomenon called stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA). The site of origin and mechanism of SSA are currently unknown. We used microiontophoretic application of gabazine to examine the role of GABAA-mediated inhibition in SSA in the inferior colliculus, the midbrain center for auditory processing. We found that gabazine slowed down the process of adaptation to high probability stimuli but did not abolish it, with response magnitude and latency still depending on the probability of the stimulus. Blocking GABAA receptors increased the firing rate to high and low probability stimuli, but did not completely equalize the responses. Together, these findings suggest that GABAA-mediated inhibition acts as a gain control mechanism that enhances SSA by modifying the responsiveness of the neuron.

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  • David Pérez-González & Olga Hernández & Ellen Covey & Manuel S Malmierca, 2012. "GABA A -Mediated Inhibition Modulates Stimulus-Specific Adaptation in the Inferior Colliculus," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(3), pages 1-14, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0034297
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034297
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