Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the functional organization of the auditory cortex for pure tones of 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 kHz. Ten subjects were tested with a whole-head magnetometer (151 channels). The location, latency and amplitude of the generators of the N1m (the main component of the response, peaking approximately at 100 ms) were explored simultaneously in the right and left hemispheres under monaural stimulation. Our results revealed that tonotopy is a rather complex functional organization of the auditory cortex. From 1 to 12 kHz, tonotopic maps were found for contralateral as well as for ipsilateral stimulation: N1m generators were found to be tonotopically organized mainly in an anterior–posterior direction in both hemispheres, whatever the stimulated ear, but also in an inferior–superior direction in the right hemisphere. Furthermore, latencies were longer in the left than in the right hemisphere. Two different representations of spectral distribution were found in the right auditory cortex: one for ipsilateral and one for contralateral stimulation.
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