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Definition of Auditory cortex
1. Noun. The cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body.
Medical Definition of Auditory cortex
1. Area of the temporal lobe concerned with hearing. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auditory Cortex
Literary usage of Auditory cortex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Several synapses may occur before nerve impulses reach the auditory cortex of
the temporal lobe for perception. The impulses from either ear have ..."
2. The Neuroscience of Mental Health: A Report on Neuroscience Research edited by Stephen H. Koslow (1997)
"The superficial auditory cortex, in turn, projects to deep layers of cortex and
back to the thalamic nucleus reticularis and, in turn, back to MGm and MGv. ..."
3. On the Physiology of the Semicircular Canals and Their Relation to Seasickness by Joseph Grandson Byrne (1912)
"Probably fibres from the auditory cortex. Efferent paths, ie, from the geniculate
bodies. 1. Fibres forming the lateral root of the optic tract known as the ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"... has impinged upon the peripheral auditory neurons and in turn has caused the
neurons of the auditory cortex to move their processes. ..."
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