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Researchers have provided physiological evidence of how the neuromodulator, acetylcholine, may even help the main auditory brain circuitry distinguish speech from noise. Study sheds new light on how the brain distinguishes speech from noise | Photo Credit: Pixabay
Washington: For the first time, researchers have provided physiological evidence that a pervasive neuromodulation system - a group of neurons that regulate the functioning of more specialized neurons - strongly influences sound processing in an important auditory region of the brain.
The neuromodulator, acetylcholine, may even help the main auditory brain circuitry distinguish speech from noise. While the phenomenon of these modulators influence has been studied at the level of the neocortex, where the brain s most complex computations occur, it has rarely been studied at the more fundamental levels of the brain, says R. Michael Burger, professor of neurosc
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Study sheds new light on how brain distinguishes speech from noise ANI | Updated: Dec 20, 2020 15:32 IST
Washington [US], December 20 (ANI): For the first time, researchers have provided physiological evidence that a pervasive neuromodulation system - a group of neurons that regulate the functioning of more specialized neurons - strongly influences sound processing in an important auditory region of the brain.
The neuromodulator, acetylcholine, may even help the main auditory brain circuitry distinguish speech from noise. While the phenomenon of these modulators influence has been studied at the level of the neocortex, where the brain s most complex computations occur, it has rarely been studied at the more fundamental levels of the brain, says R. Michael Burger, professor of neuroscience at Lehigh University.