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Prepulse inhibition (PPI) refers to a decreased response to a startling stimulus when another weaker stimulus precedes it.Most PPI studies have focused on the physiological startle reflex and fewer have reported the PPI of cortical responses.We recorded l
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Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering,Aalto University School of Science, 00076 Espo
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Prepulse inhibition (PPI) refers to a decreased response to a startling stimulus when another weaker stimulus precedes it.Most PPI studies have focused on the physiological startle reflex and fewer have reported the PPI of cortical responses.We recorded local field potentials (LFPs) in four monkeys and investigated whether the PPI of auditory cortical responses (alpha,beta,and gamma oscillations and evoked potentials) can be demonstrated in the caudolateral belt of the superior temporal gyrus (STGcb).We also investigated whether the presence of a conspecific,which draws attention away from the auditory stimuli,affects the PPI of auditory cortical responses.The PPI paradigm consisted of Pulse-only and Prepulse + Pulse trials that were presented randomly while the monkey was alone (ALONE) and while another monkey was present in the same room (ACCOMP).The LFPs to the Pulse were significantly suppressed by the Prepulse thus,demonstrating PPI of cortical responses in the STGcb.The PPI-related inhibition of the N1 amplitude of the evoked responses and cortical oscillations to the Pulse were not affected by the presence of a conspecific.In contrast,gamma oscillations and the amplitude of the N1 response to Pulse-only were suppressed in the ACCOMP condition compared to the ALONE condition.These findings demonstrate PPI in the monkey STGcb and suggest that the PPI of auditory cortical responses in the monkey STGcb is a pre-attentive inhibitory process that is independent of attentional modulation.
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