Ontogenesis of auditory fovea representation in the inferior colliculus of the Sri Lankan rufous horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus rouxi
| Autor: | R. Rübsamen, M. Schäfer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Inferior colliculus
Male Aging Rhinolophus biology Physiology Human echolocation Anatomy Octave (electronics) Horseshoe bat biology.organism_classification Inferior Colliculi Behavioral Neuroscience Acoustic Stimulation Foveal Chiroptera Echolocation Hearing range Auditory Perception Animals Animal Science and Zoology Female Tonotopy Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of comparative physiology. A, Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology. 167(6) |
| Popis: | This report describes the ontogenesis of tonotopy in the inferior colliculus (IC) of the rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus rouxi). Horseshoe bats are deaf at birth, but consistent tonotopy with a low-to-high frequency gradient from dorsolateral to ventromedial develops from the 2nd up to the 5th week. The representation of the auditory fovea is established in ventro-medio-caudal parts of the IC during the 3rd postnatal week (Fig. 3). Then, a narrow frequency band 5 kHz in width, comprising 16% of the bat's auditory range, captures 50-60 vol% of the IC (Fig. 3c). However, foveal tuning is 10-12 kHz (1/3 octave) lower than in adults; foveal tuning in females (65-68 kHz) is 2-3 kHz higher than in males (62-65 Khz). Thereafter, foveal tuning increases by 1-1.5 kHz per day up to the 5th postnatal week, when the adult hearing range is established (Figs. 4, 5). The increase of sensitivity and of tuning sharpness of single units also follows a low-to-high frequency gradient (Fig. 6). Throughout this development the foveal tuning matches the second harmonic of the echolocation pulses vocalised by these young bats. The results confirm the hypothesis of developmental shifts in the frequency-place code for the foveal high frequency representation in the IC. |
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