Periodicity entracking is distributed across brainstem structures, not localized in one center.

Evidence

Entracking is observed in a diversity of structures and neuron types, suggesting a distributed mechanism, but this does not exclude the existence of a brainstem “pitch center” specialized in this form of encoding. For CN neurons showing entracking, convergence of multiple inputs from the AN is obviously required; the degree of entracking in responses beyond the CN suggests that there are multiple stages of such convergence. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4525

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies entracking as a distributed, multi-stage convergence process requiring multiple AN inputs.