Positional, directional and speed selectivities in the primary auditory cortex of the cat

Hearing Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Poirier, Pierre ^a   Jiang, Huai ^a   Lepore, Franco ^a,b   Guillemot, Jean Paul ^a,c  

^a Grp Rech en Neuropsychologie Exp   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cat; Free field stimulation; Moving sound source; Primary auditory cortex; Static sound source

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CAT; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; CATS; MOTION; NEURONS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030783608     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00126-3     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Ahissar M., Ahissar H., Bergman H., Vaadia E. Encoding of sound-source location and movement: activity of single neurons and interaction between adjacent neurons in the monkey auditory cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 67:1992;203-215.
2. Altman J.A. Are there neurons detecting direction of sound source motion. Exp. Neurol. 22:1968;13-25.
3. Altman, J.A., 1987. Information processing concerning moving sound sources in the auditory centers and its utilization by brain integrative and motor structures. In: Syka, J., Masterton, R.B. (Eds.), Auditory Pathway: Structure and Function. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 349-354.
4. Altman J.A., Kalmykova I.V. Role of the dog's auditory cortex in discrimination of sound signal simulating sound source movement. Hear. Res. 24:1986;243-253.
5. Altman J.A., Syka J., Shimgidina G.N. Neuronal activity in the medial geniculate body. Exp. Brain Res. 10:1970;81-93.
6. Barlow H.B., Hill R.M., Levick W.R. Retinal ganglion cells responding selectively to direction and speed of image motion in the rabbit. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 173:1964;377-407.
7. Berkley M.A., Pauly R.S., Blumsack J.T. Non-invasive, real-time electronic measurement of pinna and head movements in the awake cat. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 19:1993;551.
8. Brugge J.F., Dubrovsky N.A., Aitkin L.M., Anderson D.J. Sensitivity of single neurons in auditory cortex of cat to binaural tonal stimulation: effects of varying interaural time and intensity. J. Neurophysiol. 32:1969;1005-10024.
9. Clarey, J.C., Barone, P., Irons, W.A, Samson, F.K. and Imig, T.J., 1997. Comparison of neuronal azimuth tuning to noise and tones in cortical field AI and the medial geniculate body of the cat. J. Neurophysiol. (in press).
10. Eisenman L.M. Neural encoding of sound location: an electrophysiological study in auditory cortex (A1) of the cat using free field stimuli. Brain Res. 75:1974;203-214.
11. Evans, E.F., 1968. Cortical representation. In: de Reuk, A.V.S. and Knight, J. (Eds.), Hearing Mechanisms in Vertebrates. Churchill, London, pp. 272-287.
12. Grantham D.W. Motion aftereffects with horizontally moving sound sources in the free field. Percept. Psychophys. 45:1989;129-136.
13. Grantham D.W., Wighthman F.L. Auditory motion aftereffect. Percept. Psychophysiol. 26:1979;403-408.
14. Griffiths T.D., Rees A., Witton C., Shakir R.A., Henning G.B., Green G.G.R. Evidence for a sound movement area in the human cerebral cortex. Nature. 383:1996;425-427.
15. Hall J.L., Goldstein M.H. Representation of binaural stimuli by single units in primary auditory cortex of unanesthetized cats. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 43:1968;456-461.
16. Imig T.J., Irons W.A., Samson F.R. Single-unit selectivity to azimuthal direction and sound pressure level of noise burst in cat high-frequency primary auditory cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 63:1990;1448-1466.
17. Irvine D.R.F., Rajan R., Aitkin L.M. Sensitivity to interaural intensity differences of neurons in primary auditory cortex of the cat. 1. Types of sensitivity and effects of variations in sound pressure level. J. Neurophysiol. 75:1996;75-96.
18. Jenkins W., Masterton R.B. Sound localization: effects of unilateral lesions in central auditory system. J. Neurophysiol. 47:1982;987-1016.
19. Jenkins W., Merzenich M.M. Role of cat primary auditory cortex for sound-localization behavior. J. Neurophysiol. 52:1984;819-847.
20. Kitzes L.M., Wrege K.S., Cassady J.M. Pattern of response of cortical cells to binaural stimulation. J. Comp. Neurol. 192:1980;455-472.
21. Kluver H., Barrera E. A method for the combined staining of cells and fibres in the nervous system. J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 12:1953;400-403.
22. Kuwada S., Yin T.C., Wickesberg R.E. Response of cat inferior colliculus neurons to binaural beat stimuli: possible mechanisms for sound localization. Science. 206:1979;586-588.
23. Mendelson J.R., Cynader M.S. Sensitivity of cat primary auditory cortex (AI) neurons to the direction and rate of frequency modulation. Brain Res. 327:1985;331-335.
24. Mendelson J.R., Schreiner C.E., Sutter M.L., Grasse K.L. Functional topography of cat primary auditory cortex: responses to frequency-modulated sweeps. Exp. Brain Res. 94:1993;65-87.
25. Middlebrooks J.C., Pettigrew J.D. Functional classes of neurons in primary auditory cortex of the cat distinguished by the sensibility to sound location. J. Neurophysiol. 1:1981;107-120.
26. Phillips D.P., Brugge J.F. Progress in neurophysiology of sound localization. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 36:1985;245-274.
27. Phillips D.P., Irvine D.R.F. Response of single neurons in physiologically defined area A1 of cat cerebral cortex: sensitivity to interaural intensity differences. Hear. Res. 4:1981;299-307.
28. Poirier P., Jiang R., Guillemot J.P., Ptito M., Lepore F. Free-field static and dynamic sound selectivity of neurons in primary auditory cortex of the cat. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 18:1992;149.
29. Poirier P., Miljours S., Lassonde M., Lepore F. Sound localization in acallosal human listeners. Brain. 116:1993;53-70.
30. Poirier P., Lassonde M., Villemure J.G., Geoffroy G., Lepore F. Sound localization in hemispherectomized patients. Neuropsychologia. 32:1994;541-553.
31. Rajan R., Aitkin L.M., Irvine D.R.F., McKay J. Azimuthal sensitivity of neurons in primary auditory cortex of the cat. I. Types of sensitivity and the effects of variations in stimulus parameters. J. Neurophysiol. 64:1990;872-887.
32. Rauschecker J.P., Harris J.P. Auditory and visual neurons in the cat's superior colliculus selective for the direction of apparent motion stimuli. Brain Res. 490:1989;56-63.
33. Reale R.A., Kettner R.E. Topography of binaural organization in primary auditory cortex of the cat: effects of changing interaural intensity. J. Neurophysiol. 56:1986;663-682.
34. Samson F.K., Clarey J.C., Barone P., Imig T.J. Effects of ear plugging on single-unit azimuth sensitivity in cat primary auditory cortex. I. Evidence for monaural directional cues. J. Neurophysiol. 70:1993;492-511.
35. Sanchez-Longo L.P., Foster F.M., Auth T.L. A clinical test for sound localization and its applications. Neurology. 7:1957;655-663.
36. Sanchez-Longo L.P., Foster F.M. Cliniical significance of impairment of sound localization. Neurology. 8:1958;119-125.
37. Schreiner C.E., Mendelson J.R. Functional topography of cat primary auditory cortex: distribution of integrated excitation. J. Neurophysiol. 64:1990;1442-1459.
38. Sovïjärvi A.R.A., Hyvärinen J. Auditory cortical neurons in the cat sensitive to the direction of sound source movement. Brain Res. 73:1974;455-471.
39. Spitzer M.W., Semple M.N. Interaural phase coding in auditory midbrain: influence of dynamic stimulus features. Science. 254:1991;721-723.
40. Spitzer M.W., Semple M.N. Responses of inferior colliculus neurons to time-varying interaural phase disparity: effects of shifting the locus of virtual motion. J. Neurophysiol. 69:1993;1245-1263.
41. Stumpf E., Toronchuk J.M., Cynader M.S. Neurons in cat primary auditory cortex sensitive to correlates of auditory motion in three dimensional space. Exp. Brain Res. 88:1992;158-168.
42. Wagner H., Takahashi T. Influence of temporal cues on acoustic motion-direction sensitivity of auditory neurons in the owl. J. Neurophysiol. 68:1992;2063-2075.
43. Wagner H., Trinath T., Kautz D. Influence of stimulus level on acoustic motion-direction sensitivity in barn owl midbrain neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 71:1994;1907-1916.
44. Yin T.C.T., Kuwada S. Binaural interaction in low-frequency neurons in inferior colliculus of the cat. II. Effects of changing rate and direction of interaural phase. J. Neurophysiol. 50:1983;1000-1019.