Midbrain formant coding arises from a synchrony-to-rate transformation

Evidence

These results emphasize the fact that the strong rate profiles in the healthy IC model are not simply explained by the rate vs.BF profile of the AN. The healthy band-suppressed and hybrid profiles are created by a synchrony-to-rate transformation between the AN and IC and enhanced by disinhibition at the formant frequencies. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5472