Bicuculline application affects discharge pattern and pulse-duration tuning characteristics of bat inferior collicular neurons

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-194

  Jen, P H S ^a   Feng, R B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bat; Discharge pattern; GABAergic inhibition; Inferior colliculus; Pulse duration tuning

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOLOCATION; ELECTRODE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033083151     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050317     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Adams JC (1979) Ascending projections to the inferior colliculus. J Comp Neurol 183: 519-538
2. Adams JC, Mugnaini E (1984) Dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus: a nucleus of GABAergic projection neurons. Brain Res Bull 13: 585-590
3. Casseday JH, Covey E (1992) Frequency tuning properties of neurons in the inferior colliculus of an FM bat. J Comp Neurol 319: 34-50
4. Casseday JH, Covey E (1995) Mechanisms for analysis of auditory temporal patterns in the brainstem of echolocating bats. In: Covey E, Hawkins HL, Port RF (eds) Neural representation of temporal patterns. Plenum, New York, pp 25-51
5. Casseday JH, Covey E (1996) A neuroethological theory of the operation of the inferior colliculus. Brain Behav Evol 47: 311-336
6. Casseday JH, Ehrlich D, Covey E (1994) Neural tuning for sound duration: role of inhibitory mechanisms in the inferior colliculus. Science 264: 847-850
7. Chen QC, Jen PHS (1994) Pulse repetition rate increases the minimum threshold and latency of auditory neurons. Brain Res 654: 155-158
8. Condon CJ, White KR, Feng AS (1994) Processing of amplitude-modulated signals that mimic echoes from fluttering targets in the inferior colliculus of the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus. J Neurophysiol 71: 768-784
9. Condon CJ, White KR, Feng AS (1996) Neurons with different temporal firing patterns in the inferior colliculus of the little brown bat differentially process sinusoidal amplitude-modulated signals. J Comp Physiol 178: 147-157
10. Covey E, Casseday JH (1986) Connectional basis for frequency representation in the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus of the bat, Eptesicus fuscus. J Neurosci 6: 2926-2940
11. Covey E, Casseday JH (1991) The monaural nuclei of the lateral lemniscus in an echolocating bat: parallel pathways for analyzing temporal features of sound. J Neurosci 11: 3456-3470
12. Covey E, Kauer JA, Casseday JH (1996) Whole-cell patch clamp recording reveals subthreshold sound-evoked postsynaptic currents in the inferior colliculus of awake bats. J Neurosci 16: 3009-3018
13. Ebert U, Ostwald J (1995) GABA alters the discharge pattern of chopper neurons in the rat ventral cochlear nucleus. Hear Res 91: 160-166
14. Ehrlich D, Casseday JH, Covey E (1997) Neural tuning to sound duration in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. J Neurophysiol 77: 2360-2372
15. Faingold CL, Boersma-Anderson CA, Caspary DM (1991) Involvement of GABA in acoustically-evoked inhibition in inferior colliculus neurons. Hear Res 52: 201-216
16. Fubara BM, Casseday JH, Covey E, Schwartz-Bloom RD (1996) Distribution of GABAA, GABAB and glycine receptors in the central auditory system of the bia brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. J Comp Neurol 369: 83-92
17. Fuzessery ZM (1994) Response selectivity for multiple dimensions of frequency sweeps in the pallid bat inferior colliculus. J Neurophysiol 72: 1061-1079
18. Galazyuk A, Feng AS (1997) Encoding of sound duration by neurons in the auditory cortex of the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus. J Comp Physiol 180: 301-311
19. Griffin DR (1958) Listening in the dark. Yale University Press. New Haven, CT (reprinted by Comstock, Cornell University Press 1986)
20. Hou TT, Wu M, Jen PHS (1992) Pulse repetition rate and duration affect the responses of bat auditory cortical neurons. Chin J Physiol 35: 259-278
21. Jen PHS, Chen QC (1998) The effect of pulse repetition rate, pulse intensity, and bicuculline on the minimum threshold and latency of bat inferior colliculus neurons. J Comp Physiol 182: 455-465
22. Jen PHS, Kamada T (1982) Analysis of orientation signals emitted by the CF-FM bat, Pteronotus parnellii parnellii and the FM bat, Eptesicus fuscus during avoidance of moving and stationary obstacles. J Comp Physiol 148: 389-398
23. Jen PHS, Schlegel P (1982) Auditory physiological properties of the neurons in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. J Comp Physiol 147: 351-363
24. Jen PHS, Sun XD, Chen D, Teng HB (1987) Auditory space representation in the inferior colliculus of the FM bat, Eptesicus fuscus. Brain Res 419: 7-18
25. Jen PHS, Sun XD, Lin PJJ (1989) Frequency and space representation in the primary auditory cortex of the frequency modulating bat. J Comp Physiol 165: 1-14
26. Jen PHS, Chen QC, Sun XD (1998) Corticofugal regulation of auditory sensitivity in the bat inferior colliculus. J Comp Physiol 183: 683-697
27. Johnson BR (1993) GABAergic and glycinergic inhibition in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat. Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, Durham, NC
28. Lu Y, Jen PHS, Zheng QY (1997) GABAergic disinhibition changes the recovery cycle of bat inferior colliculus neurons. J Comp Physiol A 181: 331-341
29. Lu Y, Jen PHS, Wu M (1998) GABAergic disinhibition affects the responses of bat inferior colliculus neurons to temporally patterned sound pulses. J Neurophysiol 79: 2303-2315
30. Nelson PG, Erulkar SD (1963) Synaptic mechanisms of excitation and inhibition in the central auditory pathway. J Neurophysiol 26: 908-923
31. Oliver DL, Winer JA, Beckius GE, Saint Marie RL (1994) Morphology of GABAergic neurons in the inferior colliculus of the cat. J Comp Neurol 340: 27-42
32. Palombi PS, Caspary DM (1992) GABAA receptor antagonist bicuculline alters response properties of posteroventral cochlear nucleus neurons. J Neurophysiol 67: 738-746
33. Park TJ, Pollak GD (1993) GABA shapes a topographic organization of response latency in the mustache bat's inferior colliculus. J Neurosci 13: 5172-5187
34. Pinheiro AD, Wu M, Jen PHS (1991) Encoding repetition rate and duration in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat. Eptesicus fuscus. J Comp Physiol A 169: 69-85
35. Plomp R, Bouman MA (1959) Relation between hearing threshold and duration for pure tones. J Acoust Soc Am 31: 749-758
36. Pollak GD, Marsh DS, Bodenhamer R, Souther A (1978) A single-unit analysis of inferior colliculus in unanesthetized bats: response patterns and spike-count functions generated by constant-frequency and frequency-modulated sounds. J Neurophysiol 41: 677-691
37. Roberts RC, Ribak CE (1987) An electron microscopic study of GABAergic neurons and terminals in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus. J Neurocytol 16: 333-345
38. Saint Marie RL, Ostapoff EM, Morest DK, Wenthold RJ (1989) Glycine-immunoreactive projection of the cat lateral superior olive: possible role in midbrain ear dominance. J Comp Neurol 279: 382-396
39. Simmons JA, Fenton MB, O'Farrell MJ (1979) Echolocation and pursuit of prey by bats. Science 203: 16-21
40. Small AM, Brandt JF, Cox PG (1962) Loudness as a function of signal duration. J Acoust Soc Am 34: 513-514
41. Suga N (1964) Single unit activity in cochlear nucleus and inferior colliculus of echolocating bats. J Physiol (Lond) 192: 449-474
42. Sun XD, Jen PHS, Zhang SF (1989) Corticofugal influences in the responses of bat inferior collicular neurons to sound stimulation. Brain Res 495: 1-8
43. Sun XD, Chen QC, Jen PHS (1996) Corticofugal control of central auditory sensitivity. Neurosci Lett 212: 131-134
44. Vater M, Habbicht H, Kossl M, Grothe B (1992) The functional role of GABA and glycine in monaural and binaural processing in the inferior colliculus of horseshoe bat. J Comp Physiol 171: 541-553
45. Watson CS, Gengel RW (1969) Signal duration and signal frequency in relation to auditory sensitivity. J Acoust Soc Am 46: 989-997
46. Wu M, Jen PHS (1991) Encoding of acoustic stimulus intensity by inferior colliculus neurons of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. Chin J Physiol 34: 145-155
47. Wu M, Jen PHS (1995) Responses of pontine neurons of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, to temporally patterned sound pulses. Hear Res 85: 155-168
48. Wu M, Jen PHS (1996) Temporally patterned pulse trains affect directional sensitivity of inferior colliculus neurons of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. J Comp Physiol A 179: 385-393
49. Wu M, Hou ET, Jen PHS (1996) Responses of bat inferior colliculus and auditory cortical neurons to pulsatile amplitude modulated sound pulses. Chin J Physiol 39: 167-176
50. Yan J, Suga N (1996) Corticofugal modulation of time-domain processing of biosonar information in bats. Science 273: 1100-1103
51. Yang L, Pollak GD, Resler C (1992) GABAergic circuits sharpen tuning curves and modify response properties in the mustache bat inferior colliculus. J Neurophysiol 68: 1760-1774
52. Zhang YF, Suga N (1997) Corticofugal amplification of subcortical responses to single tone stimuli in the mustached bat. J Neurophysiol 78: 3489-3492