Perception and selectivity of sound duration in the central auditory midbrain / 生理学报
Acta Physiologica Sinica
;
(6): 309-316, 2010.
Artigo
em Chinês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-337745
ABSTRACT
Sound duration plays important role in acoustic communication. Information of acoustic signal is mainly encoded in the amplitude and frequency spectrum of different durations. Duration selective neurons exist in the central auditory system including inferior colliculus (IC) of frog, bat, mouse and chinchilla, etc., and they are important in signal recognition and feature detection. Two generally accepted models, which are "coincidence detector model" and "anti-coincidence detector model", have been raised to explain the mechanism of neural selective responses to sound durations based on the study of IC neurons in bats. Although they are different in details, they both emphasize the importance of synaptic integration of excitatory and inhibitory inputs, and are able to explain the responses of most duration-selective neurons. However, both of the hypotheses need to be improved since other sound parameters, such as spectral pattern, amplitude and repetition rate, could affect the duration selectivity of the neurons. The dynamic changes of sound parameters are believed to enable the animal to effectively perform recognition of behavior related acoustic signals. Under free field sound stimulation, we analyzed the neural responses in the IC and auditory cortex of mouse and bat to sounds with different duration, frequency and amplitude, using intracellular or extracellular recording techniques. Based on our work and previous studies, this article reviews the properties of duration selectivity in central auditory system and discusses the mechanisms of duration selectivity and the effect of other sound parameters on the duration coding of auditory neurons.
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Assunto principal:
Fisiologia
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Percepção Auditiva
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Localização de Som
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Percepção do Tempo
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Estimulação Acústica
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Colículos Inferiores
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Mesencéfalo
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Ecolocação
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Potenciais Evocados Auditivos
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
Idioma:
Chinês
Revista:
Acta Physiologica Sinica
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
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