ASD participants showed a deficit in speech envelope tracking, as assessed by the BOLD signal, in a region of auditory cortex that overlapped with the region showing a global response deficit to the movie (Figures 1C, D). (frontiersin.org)
In the current study, researchers found to their surprise that most of the nerve cells in auditory cortex neurons that stimulate brain activity (excitatory) had signaled less (had «weaker» activity) when the mice expected and got a reward. (sciencedaily.com)
GABA and glycine in the central auditory system of the mustache bat: structural substrates for inhibitory neuronal organization. (semanticscholar.org)