Correlation between auditory thalamic area evoked responses and species-specific call characteristics. II. H. Hyla cinerea (Anura: Hylidae). 1987

K M Mudry, and R R Capranica
Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.

Evoked potentials were recorded from the posterior dorsal thalamus of green treefrogs (Hyla cinerea) in response to single tones and combinations of two and three tones. 1. The responses to two tones were largest when one of the component tones was 500 Hz and when the second component was between 2000 and 4000 Hz (Fig.3). 2. The response to 500 + 3000 Hz showed nonlinear facilitation; i.e., the amplitude of the response was greater than the sum of the responses to the component tones alone (Figs. 4, 5). This result provides evidence that cells functioning as 'AND' gates will be found in this center. 3. When a third tone around 1200 Hz was added to a stimulus of 500 + 3000 Hz a 65% decrease in the evoked response amplitude occurred (Fig. 6). 4. The largest evoked response amplitude to a two-tone stimulus (500 + 3000 Hz) occurred when the rise-time was less than 50 ms (Fig. 7). 5. The two-tone tuning was found to be temperature dependent. The optimal lower frequency tone shifted downward with decreasing temperatures (Fig. 8). 6. When the temperatures of the neurophysiological and the behavioral experiments are matched, the optimal stimuli for evoking a large response are closely correlated to the parameters of the acoustic stimuli preferred by gravid H. cinerea females in discrimination tests. This center therefore appears to be very important for the processing of complex species-specific sounds.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005072 Evoked Potentials, Auditory The electric response evoked in the CEREBRAL CORTEX by ACOUSTIC STIMULATION or stimulation of the AUDITORY PATHWAYS. Auditory Evoked Potentials,Auditory Evoked Response,Auditory Evoked Potential,Auditory Evoked Responses,Evoked Potential, Auditory,Evoked Response, Auditory,Evoked Responses, Auditory,Potentials, Auditory Evoked
D005260 Female Females
D000161 Acoustic Stimulation Use of sound to elicit a response in the nervous system. Auditory Stimulation,Stimulation, Acoustic,Stimulation, Auditory
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001001 Anura An order of the class Amphibia, which includes several families of frogs and toads. They are characterized by well developed hind limbs adapted for jumping, fused head and trunk and webbed toes. The term "toad" is ambiguous and is properly applied only to the family Bufonidae. Bombina,Frogs and Toads,Salientia,Toad, Fire-Bellied,Toads and Frogs,Anuras,Fire-Bellied Toad,Fire-Bellied Toads,Salientias,Toad, Fire Bellied,Toads, Fire-Bellied
D013045 Species Specificity The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species. Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species
D013788 Thalamus Paired bodies containing mostly GRAY MATTER and forming part of the lateral wall of the THIRD VENTRICLE of the brain. Thalamencephalon,Thalamencephalons
D014828 Vocalization, Animal Sounds used in animal communication. Singing, Animal,Sound Communication, Animal,Vocal Communication, Animal,Animal Singing,Animal Singings,Animal Sound Communication,Animal Sound Communications,Animal Vocal Communication,Animal Vocal Communications,Animal Vocalization,Animal Vocalizations,Communication, Animal Sound,Communication, Animal Vocal,Communications, Animal Sound,Communications, Animal Vocal,Singings, Animal,Sound Communications, Animal,Vocal Communications, Animal,Vocalizations, Animal

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