Model for mechanical to neural transduction in the auditory receptor

1974 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 1055-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Schroeder ◽  
J. L. Hall
1998 ◽  
Vol 201 (24) ◽  
pp. 3419-3424 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Fullard ◽  
E. Forrest ◽  
A. Surlykke

It has been proposed that the most sensitive auditory receptor cell (A1)in the two-celled ears of certain noctuoid moths is inhibited by its partner, the A2 cell, at high stimulus intensities. We used the single-celled ears of notodontid moths, also noctuoids, to test this hypothesis. The A1 cells of all but one of the moths tested exhibited non-monotonic firing rates, with reduced firing rates at high stimulus intensities and showing no relationship to the firing rate of the only other receptor, the non-auditory B cell. These results challenge the peripheral interaction hypothesis for A1 firing patterns in two-celled moth ears. An examination of notodontid A1 adaptation rates and laser vibrometry results suggests that receptor adaptation and tympanal motion non-linearity are more likely explanations for the non-monotonic receptor firing observed in both single- and multi-celled moth ears.


2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 3215-3227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian K. Machens ◽  
Martin B. Stemmler ◽  
Petra Prinz ◽  
Rüdiger Krahe ◽  
Bernhard Ronacher ◽  
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