Properties of echo delay-tuning receptive fields in the inferior colliculus of the mustached bat

• Published in: Hearing research Vol. 286; no. 1-2; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Macías, Silvio, Mora, Emanuel C., Hechavarría, Julio C., Kössl, Manfred
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Acoustics; Animals; Auditory Cortex - physiology; Auditory pathways; Auditory Pathways - physiology; Auditory system; Behavior, Animal; Chiroptera; Cortex (auditory); Depth perception; Echolocation; Echolocation - physiology; Electrodes; Electrophysiology - methods; Female; Frequency dependence; Hearing; Inferior Colliculi - anatomy & histology; Inferior Colliculi - physiology; Inferior colliculus; Male; Neurons; Neurons - metabolism; Neurons - physiology; Pteronotus parnellii; Receptive field; Time Factors; ChF; CD; AC; CF; PT; FM; MT; PSTH; DTC; DRA; FTC; FRA; IC

One role of the inferior colliculus (IC) in bats is to create neuronal delay-tuning, which is used for the estimation of target distance in the echolocating bat’s auditory system. In this study, we describe response properties of IC delay-tuned neurons of the mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii) and...