Recent publications indicate the presence of infraslow activity (<0.5 Hz) in subcortical and cortical sites of the auditory system of the brain. It has been reported that this activity might be sensitive to acoustic stimuli. Yet the dynamics of infraslow brain potential (ISBP) fluctuations in these structures and their potential sensitivity to auditory stimuli are unknown. The present study was performed in order to test the hypothesis that extracellular ISBP activity in the medial geniculate nucleus (MGN) and the primary auditory cortex (A1) responds concurrently to acoustic stimuli. The experimental subjects were 5 adult rats with chronic stereotaxic electrodes implanted in MGN and A1. The animals were anesthetized and recordings were made in both sites during both silence and rhythmical acoustic stimulation. Our results support the hypothesis that these fluctuations are sensitive to acoustic stimuli. There were similar changes in ISBP activity in the MGN and A1 in response to rhythmic acoustic stimulation. Specifically, there were significant increases in the frequency range of seconds. Based on these findings, we suggest that sound-correlated changes in infraslow activity in the range of seconds in the MGN and A1 reflect specific mechanisms of neural processing of acoustic information in the auditory system of the brain.
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