Spatial tuning of neurons in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat: effects of sound level, stimulus type and multiple sound sources |
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Authors: | B. Grothe E. Covey J. H. Casseday |
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Affiliation: | (1) Zoologisches Institut, Universität München, Luisenstrasse 14, D-80333 München, Germany;(2) Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, 27710 Durham, NC, USA |
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Abstract: | We examined factors that affect spatial receptive fields of single units in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus of Eptesicus fuscus. Pure tones, frequency- or amplitude-modulated sounds, or noise bursts were presented in the free-field, and responses were recorded extracellularly. For 58 neurons that were tested over a 30 dB range of sound levels, 7 (12%) exhibited a change of less than 10° in the center point and medial border of their receptive field. For 28 neurons that were tested with more than one stimulus type, 5 (18%) exhibited a change of less than 10° in the center point and medial border of their receptive field.The azimuthal response ranges of 19 neurons were measured in the presence of a continuous broadband noise presented from a second loudspeaker set at different fixed azimuthal positions. For 3 neurons driven by a contralateral stimulus only, the effect of the noise was simple masking. For 11 neurons driven by sound at either side, 8 were unaffected by the noise and 1 showed a simple masking effect. For the remaining 2, as well as for 5 neurons that were excited by contralateral sound and inhibited by ipsilateral sound, the peak of the azimuthal response range shifted toward the direction of the noise.Abbreviations E/E excitation at either ear - I/E inhibition at the ipsilateral ear, excitation at the contralateral ear - O/E no effect from the ipsilateral ear, excitation at the contralateral ear - FM downward frequency modulation - FM upward frequency modulation - IC inferior colliculus - ICC central nucleus of the inferior colliculus - ILD interaural level difference - ITD interaural time difference - PT pure tone - SAM sinusoidally amplitude modulated sounds - SFM sinusoidally frequency modulated sounds |
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Keywords: | Eptesicus fuscus Sound localization Sinusoidal frequency modulations Free-field sound Multiple sound sources |
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