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Nonlinear temporal receptive fields of neurons in the dorsal cochlear nucleus.
Bandyopadhyay, Sharba; Young, Eric D.
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  • Bandyopadhyay S; National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Haryana, India; and.
J Neurophysiol ; 110(10): 2414-25, 2013 Nov.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23986561
Studies of the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) have focused on spectral processing because of the complex spectral receptive fields of the DCN. However, temporal fluctuations in natural signals convey important information, including information about moving sound sources or movements of the external ear in animals like cats. Here, we investigate the temporal filtering properties of DCN principal neurons through the use of temporal weighting functions that allow flexible analysis of nonlinearities and time variation in temporal response properties. First-order temporal receptive fields derived from the neurons are sufficient to characterize their response properties to low-contrast (3-dB standard deviation) stimuli. Larger contrasts require the second-order terms. Allowing temporal variation of the parameters of the first-order model or adding a component representing refractoriness improves predictions by the model by relatively small amounts. The importance of second-order components of the model is shown through simulations of nonlinear envelope synchronization behavior across sound level. The temporal model can be combined with a spectral model to predict tuning to the speed and direction of moving sounds.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Dinâmica não Linear / Núcleo Coclear / Neurônios Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Dinâmica não Linear / Núcleo Coclear / Neurônios Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article