Sound localisation in crickets
Sound localisation in crickets
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蟋蟀的声音定位
DOI:
10.1007/bf00199248
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发表时间:
1994
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通讯作者:
F. Huber
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作者:
G. Horseman;F. Huber
Intracellular recordings were made from the auditory interneurons ON1, AN1 and AN2 in the prothoracic ganglion of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Their responses to synthesized calling song (carrier frequency 5 kHz, intensity 40–90 dB SPL), presented monaurally and binaurally via legphones (acoustic trachea cut), were recorded (Fig. 2). These data were then analysed to determine the strength of inhibitory coupling of ON1-ON1, ON1-AN1 and ON1-AN2 (Fig. 3). Inhibitory coupling of ON1-ON1 and ON1-AN1 are relatively independent of stimulus intensity, ON1-ON1 = -0.25 to -0,4 ap ON1a/ap ON1b; ON1-AN1 = -0.4 to -0.55 ap AN1/ap ON1contra. The inhibition of AN2 by ON1 is rather ineffective, maximally -0.13ap AN2/ap ON1contra. The left-right contrast enhancement or gain, due to lateral inhibition via omega neurons, is 1.6–1.9 for the ON1 pair and 2–3.4 for the AN1 pair, over most of the relevant sound intensity range. For the AN2 pair, there is little contrast enhancement except at sound intensities > 80 dB SPL (Table 1).The above data on auditory information processing in the prothoracic ganglion was incorporated into a simple model of the neural events underlying phonotactic behavior. This model included typical peripheral auditory directionality and simple assumptions about how phonotactic turns are generated. Predictions generated by the model include: a) the enhancement in directional sensitivity of AN1 and AN2 provided by lateral inhibition (Fig. 4). b) The effects on open- and closed-loop phonotactic behavior, of inactivating AN1 or AN2 (Fig 5). c) The effects of inactivating one ON1 on the directional sensitivity of left and right AN1 (Fig. 6), and the consequent effects on phonotactic behavior (Fig. 7) Several of these predictions agree well with currently available experimental data, others constitute hypotheses for testing in future experiments.