Gonadotropin-releasing hormone 1 (GnRH1) neurons control reproductive activity, but GnRH2 and GnRH3 neurons have widespread projections and function as neuromodulators in the vertebrate brain. While these extra-hypothalamic GnRH forms function as olfactory and visual neuromodulators, their potential effect on processing of auditory information is unknown. To test the hypothesis that GnRH modula...

Sensorimotor integration (SI) brain functions that are vital for everyday life tend to decline in advanced age. At the same time, elderly people preserve a moderate level of neuroplasticity, which allows brain’s functionality be maintained and slows down process neuronal degradation. Hence, it is important understand aspects SI modifiable healthy old The current study focuses on an auditory-bas...

This classic phenomenon, in which our brain analyzes a scene by perceptually organizing sensory data to form auditory objects (or auditory streams), is often referred to as the “Cocktail Party Effect” (Cherry, 1953). Many cues have been identified that influence perceptual organization, but only little is known about the actual brain mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. In this proposed topic...

Central auditory processing is essential for the perception of speech, environmental sounds and music, and may be deranged in two ways. Lesions of the ascending auditory pathway or cortex can produce deficits. Abnormal activity of the central auditory system is becoming increasingly recognized in disorders such as tinnitus. Recent work has investigated sound processing by the unconscious brain;...

Deficits in language production and comprehension are characteristic of schizophrenia. To date, it remains unclear whether these deficits arise from dysfunctional linguistic knowledge, or predictions derived the context. Alternatively, could be a result neural tracking auditory information resulting decreased fidelity even distorted information. Here, we discuss possible ways for clinical neuro...