Sensitive response to low-frequency cochlear distortion products in the auditory midbrain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1560-1574

  Abel, Cornelius ^a   Kössl, Manfred ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE EAR; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLASSIFICATION; COCHLEA; CYTOLOGY; GERBIL; HEARING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 64749089720     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90805.2008     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Alkhatib A, Biebel U, Smolders J. Inhibitory and excitatory response areas of neurons in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus in unanesthetized chinchillas. Exp Brain Res 174: 124-143, 2006. (Pubitemid 44337554)
2. Ashmore J. Cochlear outer hair cell motility. Physiol Rev 88: 173-210, 2008.
3. Bendor D, Wang X. The neuronal representation of pitch in primate auditory cortex. Nature 436: 1161-1165, 2005. (Pubitemid 41232294)
4. Bendor D, Wang X. Cortical representations of pitch in monkeys and humans. Curr Opin Neurobiol 16: 391-399, 2006. (Pubitemid 44142275)
5. Brass D, Kemp DT. Time-domain observation of otoacoustic emissions during constant tone stimulation. J Acoust Soc Am 90: 2415-2427, 1991.
6. Cooper NP, Rhode WS. Mechanical responses to two-tone distortion products in the apical and basal turns of the mammalian cochlea. J Neurophysiol 78: 261-270, 1997. (Pubitemid 27318928)
7. Dallos P, Zheng J, Cheatham M. Prestin and the cochlear amplifier. J Physiol 576: 37-42, 2006. (Pubitemid 44426217)
8. Deng L, Geisler CD. A composite auditory model for processing speech sounds. J Acoust Soc Am 82: 2001-2012, 1987.
9. Dong W, Olson ES. The role of compression and traveling wave pressures in the transmission of sound out of the gerbil cochlea. In: Concepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing. Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on the Mechanics of Hearing, edited by Cooper NP, Kemp D. Singapore: World Scientific, In press.
10. Eckrich T, Foeller E, Stuermer IW, Gaese BH, Kössl M. Strain-dependence of age-related cochlear hearing loss in wild and domesticated Mongolian gerbils. Hear Res 235: 72-79, 2007.
11. Egorova M, Ehret G, Vartanian I, Esser KH. Frequency response areas of neurons in the mouse inferior colliculus. I. Threshold and tuning characteristics. Exp Brain Res 140: 145-161, 2001. (Pubitemid 34251409)
12. Ehret G, Merzenich M. Complex sound analysis (frequency resolution, filtering and spectral integration) by single units of the inferior colliculus of the cat. Brain Res 472: 139-163, 1988. (Pubitemid 18124561)
13. Faulstich M, Kössl M. Neuronal response to cochlear distortion products in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus of the gerbil. J Acoust Soc Am 105: 491-502, 1999. (Pubitemid 29030974)
14. Felix RA, Portfors CV. Excitatory, inhibitory and facilitatory frequency response areas in the inferior colliculus of hearing impaired mice. Hear Res 228: 212-229, 2007. (Pubitemid 46660415)
15. Frolenkov GI, Belyantseva IA, Kurc M, Mastroianni MA, Kachar B. Cochlear outer hair cell electromotility can provide force for both low and high intensity distortion product otoacoustic emissions. Hear Res 126: 67-74, 1998. (Pubitemid 29003093)
16. Furst M, Rabinowitz WM, Zurek PM. Ear canal acoustic distortion at 2f1-f2 from human ears: relation to other emissions and perceived combination tones. J Acoust Soc Am 84: 215-221, 1988. (Pubitemid 18180614)
17. Goldstein JL, Buchsbaum G, Furst M. Compatibility between psychophysical and physiological measurements of aural combination tones. J Acoust Soc Am 63: 474-485, 1978. (Pubitemid 8327746)
18. Greenwood D. Aural combination tones and auditory masking. J Acoust Soc Am 50: 502-543, 1971.
19. Harris KD, Henze DA, Csicsvari J, Hirase H, Buzsáki G. Accuracy of tetrode spike separation as determined by simultaneous intracellular and extracellular measurements. J Neurophysiol 84: 401-414, 2000. (Pubitemid 30490060)
20. Hauser R, Probst R. The influence of systematic primary-tone level variation L2-L1 on the acoustic distortion product emission 2f1-f2 in normal human ears. J Acoust Soc Am 89: 280-286, 1991.
21. Heitmann J, Waldmann B, Schnitzler HU, Plinkert PK, Zenner HP. Suppression of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) near 2f1- f2 removes DP-gram fine structure - evidence for a secondary generator. J Acoust Soc Am 103: 1527-1531, 1998. (Pubitemid 28115162)
22. Horner K, Ribaupierre Yd, Ribaupierre Fd. Neural correlates of cubic difference tones in the medial geniculate body of the cat. Hear Res 11: 343-357, 1983.
23. Houtsma AJM, Goldstein JL. The central origin of the pitch of complex tones: evidence from musical interval recognition J Acoust Soc Am 51: 520-529, 1972.
24. Kemp D. Otoacoustic emissions, their origin in cochlear function, and use. Br Med Bull 63: 223-241, 2002. (Pubitemid 35175763)
25. Kim DO, Molnar CE, Matthews JW. Cochlear mechanics: nonlinear behavior in two-tone responses as reflected in cochlear-nerve-fiber responses and in ear-canal sound pressure. J Acoust Soc Am 67: 1704-1721, 1980. (Pubitemid 10057839)
26. Lewicki MS. A review of methods for spike sorting: the detection and classification of neural action potentials. Network 9: R53-R78, 1998.
27. Magnan P, Dancer A, Probst R, Smurzynski J, Avan P. Intracochlear acoustic pressure measurements: transfer functions of the middle ear and cochlear mechanics. Audiol Neurootol 4: 123-128, 1999. (Pubitemid 29151493)
28. Mauermann M, Uppenkamp S, Hengel PWv, Kollmeier B. Evidence for the distortion product frequency place as a source of distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) fine structure in humans. I. Fine structure and higher-order DPOAE as a function of the frequency ratio f2/f1. J Acoust Soc Am 106: 3473-3483, 1999. (Pubitemid 129520711)
29. McAlpine D. Neural sensitivity to periodicity in the inferior colliculus: evidence for the role of cochlear distortions. J Neurophysiol 92: 1295-1311, 2004. (Pubitemid 39100632)
30. McAnally KI, Calford MB. Spectral hyperacuity in the cat: neural response to frequency modulated tone pairs. Hear Res 41: 237-248, 1989.
31. McAnally KI, Calford MB. A psychophysical study of spectral hyperacuity. Hear Res 44: 93-96, 1990. (Pubitemid 20079659)
32. Mills DM. Frequency responses of two- and three-tone distortion product otoacoustic emissions in Mongolian gerbils. J Acoust Soc Am 107: 2586-2602, 2000.
33. Mills DM, Norton SJ, Rubel EW. Vulnerability and adaptation of distortion product otoacoustic emissions to endocochlear potential variation. J Acoust Soc Am 94: 2108-2122, 1993.
34. Müller M. The cochlear place-frequency map of the adult and developing Mongolian gerbil. Hear Res 94: 148-156, 1996. (Pubitemid 26001115)
35. Nuttall AL, Dolan DF. Inner hair cell responses to the 2f1-f2 intermodulation distortion product. J Acoust Soc Am 87: 782-790, 1990.
36. Olson ES. Observing middle and inner ear mechanics with novel intracochlear pressure sensors. J Acoust Soc Am 103: 3445-3463, 1998.
37. Portfors CV, Felix RA. Spectral integration in the inferior colliculus of the CBA/CaJ mouse. Neuroscience 136: 1159-1170, 2005.
38. Portfors CV, Wenstrup JJ. Excitatory and facilitatory frequency response areas in the inferior colliculus of the mustached bat. Hear Res 168: 131-138, 2002.
39. Pressnitzer D, Patterson R. Distortion products and the perceived pitch of harmonic complex tones. In: Physiological and Psychophysical Bases of Auditory Function, edited by Breebart DJ, Houtsma AJM, Kohlrausch A, Prijs VF, Schoonhoven R. Maastricht, The Netherlands: Shaker Publishing BV, 2001, p. 97-104.
40. Purcell DW, Ross B, Picton TW, Pantev C. Cortical responses to the 2f1-f2 combination tone measured indirectly using magnetoencephalography. J Acoust Soc Am 122: 992-1003, 2007. (Pubitemid 47205551)
41. Puria S. Measurements of human middle ear forward and reverse acoustics: implications for otoacoustic emissions. J Acoust Soc Am 113: 2773-2789, 2003. (Pubitemid 36547353)
42. Ramachandran R, Davis KA, May BJ. Single-unit responses in the inferior colliculus of decerebrate cats. I. Classification based on frequency response maps. J Neurophysiol 82: 152-163, 1999. (Pubitemid 29330070)
43. Ren T, Gillespie PG. A mechanism for active hearing. Curr Opin Neurobiol 17: 498-503, 2007. (Pubitemid 47531954)
44. Rhode WS. Distortion product otoacoustic emissions and basilar membrane vibration in the 6-9 kHz region of sensitive chinchilla cochleae. J Acoust Soc Am 122: 2725-2737, 2007.
45. Robles L, Ruggero MA, Rich NC. Two-tone distortion on the basilar membrane of the chinchilla cochlea. J Neurophysiol 77: 2385-2399, 1997.
46. Ryan A. Hearing sensitivity of the mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatis. J Acoust Soc Am 59: 1222-1226, 1976.
47. Schulze H, Hess A, Ohl FW, Scheich H. Superposition of horseshoe-like periodicity and linear tonotopic maps in auditory cortex of the Mongolian gerbil. Eur J Neurosci 15: 1077-1084, 2002. (Pubitemid 35463641)
48. Schulze H, Langner G. Periodicity coding in the primary auditory cortex of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus): two different coding strategies for pitch and rhythm? J Comp Physiol [A] 181: 651-663, 1997. (Pubitemid 28029272)
49. Schulze H, Langner G. Auditory cortical responses to amplitude modulations with spectra above frequency receptive fields: evidence for wide spectral integration. J Comp Physiol [A] 185: 493-508, 1999. (Pubitemid 30023251)
50. Shera CA. Mechanisms of mammalian otoacoustic emission and their implications for the clinical utility of otoacoustic emissions. Ear Hear 25: 86-97, 2004.
51. Shera CA, Guinan JJ. Cochlear traveling-wave amplification, suppression, and beamforming probed using noninvasive calibration of intracochlear distortion sources. J Acoust Soc Am 121: 1003-1016, 2007. (Pubitemid 46192701)
52. Smoorenburg GF. Pitch perception of two-frequency stimuli. J Acoust Soc Am 48: 924-942, 1970.
53. Smoorenburg GF, Gibson MM, Kitzes LM, Rose JE, Hind JE. Correlates of combination tones observed in the response of neurons in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus of the cat. J Acoust Soc Am 59: 945-962, 1976.
54. Syka J, Popelár J, Kvasnák E, Astl J. Response properties of neurons in the central nucleus and external and dorsal cortices of the inferior colliculus in guinea pig. Exp Brain Res 133: 254-266, 2000. (Pubitemid 30449912)
55. Talmadge CL, Long GR, Tubis A, Dhar S. Experimental confirmation of the two-source interference model for the fine structure of distortion product otoacoustic emissions. J Acoust Soc Am 105: 275-292, 1999. (Pubitemid 29030954)
56. Ulanovsky N, Las L, Farkas D, Nelken I. Multiple time scales of adaptation in auditory cortex neurons. J Neurosci 24: 10440-11053, 2004. (Pubitemid 39552629)
57. Whitehead ML, Stagner BB, Martin GK, Lonsbury-Martin BL. Visualization of the onset of distortion-product otoacoustic emissions, and measurement of their latency. J Acoust Soc Am 100: 1663-1679, 1996.
58. Wiegrebe L, Patterson RD. Quantifying the distortion products generated by amplitude-modulated noise. J Acoust Soc Am 106: 2709-2718, 1999. (Pubitemid 29523086)
59. Zwicker E, Harris FP. Psychoacoustical and ear canal cancellation of (2f1-f2)-distortion products. J Acoust Soc Am 87: 2583-2591, 1990.