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J Neurophysiol (October 10, 2007). doi:10.1152/jn.00638.2007
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Submitted on June 9, 2007
Accepted on October 1, 2007

Responses to Social Vocalizations in the Inferior Colliculus of the Mustached Bat are Influenced by Secondary Tuning Curves

Lars Holmstrom1, Patrick D Roberts2, and Christine Verdie Portfors3*

1 Systems Science Program, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States
2 Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States
3 School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington, United States; Washington State University, United States

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: portfors{at}vancouver.wsu.edu.

Neurons in the inferior colliculus (IC) of the mustached bat integrate input from multiple frequency bands in a complex fashion. These neurons are important for encoding the bat's echolocation and social vocalizations. The purpose of this study was to quantify the contribution of complex frequency interactions on the responses of IC neurons to social vocalizations. Neural responses to single tones, two tone pairs and social vocalizations were recorded in the IC of the mustached bat. Three types of data driven stimulus-response models were designed for each neuron from single tone and tone pair stimuli to predict the responses of individual neurons to social vocalizations. The first model was generated only using the neuron's primary frequency tuning curve whereas the second model incorporated the entire hearing range of the animal. The extended model often predicted responses to many social vocalizations more accurately for multiply tuned neurons. One class of multiply tuned neuron that likely encodes echolocation information, also responded to many of the social vocalizations, suggesting that some neurons in the mustached bat IC have dual functions. The third model included two-tone frequency tunings of the neurons. The responses to vocalizations were better predicted by the two-tone models when the neuron had inhibitory frequency tuning curves that were not near the neuron's primary tuning curve. Our results suggest that complex frequency interactions in the IC determine neural responses to social vocalizations and some neurons in IC have dual functions that encode both echolocation and social vocalization signals.




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