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Abstract
In our previous study, we have shown that the recovery cycle of most neurons in the inferior colliculus (IC) of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, is typically longer at ipsilateral azimuth than at contralateral azimuth under free-field stimulation conditions. The present study is to test the hypothesis that this azimuth-dependent recovery cycle may contribute to the variation of directional selectivity of IC neurons with sequential presented sound pulses within a pulse train. A 300-ms pulse train containing nine sound pulses of 4-ms with an inter-pulse interval of 33.3 ms was delivered at several selected azimuthal angles between ±80° lateral in the frontal auditory space of a bat. A family of nine directional selectivity curves was plotted with a neuron's number of impulses in response to each individual pulse against the azimuthal angles. The type and sharpness of these directional selectivity curves were then compared in relation to pulse position within the pulse train. All 675 directional selectivity curves obtained from 75 IC neurons could be described as directionally selective (423, 63%), hemifield (220, 32%), or non-directional (32, 5%). The directional selectivity curves of 45 (60%) neurons did not vary with pulse position. However, those of the remaining neurons (30, 40%) changed from one type to another such that the number of neurons with directionally selective curves progressively increased and the number of neurons with hemifield and non-directional selectivity curves decreased with increasing pulse position within the pulse train. Among 68 IC neurons whose directional selectivity curves were compared quantitatively, directional selectivity determined with sequentially presented sound pulses significantly increased in 38 (56%) neurons; decreased in 18 (26%) neurons but did not change in 12 (18%) neurons. This change of directional selectivity was due to the variation in recovery cycle of these IC neurons with azimuthal angle as we hypothesized.
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