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The neural network structure of a guinea-pig's primary auditory cortex is estimated by applying pattern-time-series analysis to the auditory evoked responses. Spatiotemporal patterns in click-evoked responses, observed by optical recording with voltage-sensitive dye, are analyzed by time series analysis using a multivariable autoregressive (MAR) model. Oscillatory neural activities with a distribution of about 10 ∼ 40 Hz in the click-induced evoked responses are found in the cortical response field. The cortical regions where the distributed neural oscillations are generated are identified by pattern-time-series analysis. In addition, two types of cortico-cortical connections, unilateral and bilateral connections between the cortical points, are speculated to be the causes of oscillatory neural activity transfer. It can be said that the so-called synchronized neural oscillation, in the sense of coherency or correlation between the two evoked responses at the oscillatory frequency, does not necessarily represent real corticocortical neural connections at the evoked response points.
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Fukunishi, K., Murai, N. Temporal coding in the guinea-pig auditory cortex as revealed by optical imaging and its pattern-time-series analysis. Biol. Cybern. 72, 463–473 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199889
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