tonotopically

Adverb

 * 1) Done with the quality of being tonotopic
 * 2) With a spatial organization which is based upon frequency

Quotations

 * 2005 Henckle et al Neuroscience
 * The central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (CNIC) is comprised of an orderly series of fibrodendritic layers. These layers include integrative circuitry for as many as 13 different ascending auditory pathways, each tonotopically ordered.