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A sharper view from the top

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Maintaining a precise representation of sound frequency in auditory cortex is difficult because of converging diffuse thalamocortical inputs. A recent study demonstrates that this is accomplished via recurrent intracortical connections.

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Figure 1: The frequency tuning of auditory cortex neurons is shaped by both thalamocortical and intracortical inputs.

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