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Power-law dynamics in an auditory-nerve model can account for neural adaptation to sound-level statistics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20685981     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Neurons in the auditory system respond to recent stimulus-level history by adapting their response functions according to the statistics of the stimulus, partially alleviating the so-called "dynamic-range problem." However, the mechanism and source of this adaptation along the auditory pathway remain unknown. Inclusion of power-law dynamics in a phenomenological model of the inner hair cell (IHC)-auditory nerve (AN) synapse successfully explained neural adaptation to sound-level statistics, including the time course of adaptation of the mean firing rate and changes in the dynamic range observed in AN responses. A direct comparison between model responses to a dynamic stimulus and to an "inversely gated" static background suggested that AN dynamic-range adaptation largely results from the adaptation produced by the response history. These results support the hypothesis that the potential mechanism underlying the dynamic-range adaptation observed at the level of the auditory nerve is located peripheral to the spike generation mechanism and central to the IHC receptor potential.
Authors:
Muhammad S A Zilany; Laurel H Carney
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1529-2401     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-05     Completed Date:  2010-08-24     Revised Date:  2011-07-22    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8102140     Medline TA:  J Neurosci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  10380-90     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA. msazilany@gmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Auditory Pathways / physiology*
Auditory Perception / physiology*
Auditory Threshold / physiology
Cochlear Nerve / physiology*
Computer Simulation
Models, Neurological
Sound
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 DC001641-13/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC001641-21/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01-DC01641/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS
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