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Adaptation processes in the auditory system of a beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas

The effects of prolonged sound stimuli (tone pip trains) on evoked potentials (the rate following response, RFR) were investigated in a beluga whale. The stimuli (rhythmic tone pips) were of 64 kHz frequency at levels from 80 to 140 dB re 1 μPa. During stimulation, every 1000 ms stimulus level eithe...

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Autores principales: Popov, Vladimir V., Nechaev, Dmitry I., Supin, Alexander Ya., Sysueva, Evgeniya V.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6062073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30048516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201121
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author Popov, Vladimir V.
Nechaev, Dmitry I.
Supin, Alexander Ya.
Sysueva, Evgeniya V.
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description The effects of prolonged sound stimuli (tone pip trains) on evoked potentials (the rate following response, RFR) were investigated in a beluga whale. The stimuli (rhythmic tone pips) were of 64 kHz frequency at levels from 80 to 140 dB re 1 μPa. During stimulation, every 1000 ms stimulus level either was kept constant (the steady-state stimulation) or changed up/down by 20 or 40 dB. With such stimulus presentation manner, RFR amplitude varied as follows. (i) After a stimulus level increase, the response amplitude increased quickly and then decayed slowly. The more the level increased, the higher the response amplitude increased. (ii) After a stimulus level decrease, the response amplitude was suppressed and then recovered slowly. The more the level decreased, the stronger was the response suppression. (iii) At the end of the 1000 ms window, the response amplitude approached, but did not reach, the amplitude characteristic of the steady-state stimulation. As a result, both after a sound level increase and decrease, the responses were almost stabilized during an analysis time as short as 1 s. This stabilization is attributed to an adaptation process. RFR decay after initial increase could be approximated by an exponent with a time constant of 59.4 ±1.8 (standard error) ms; RFR recovery after initial decrease could be approximated by an exponent with a time constant of 139.2 ±9.9 ms.
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spelling pubmed-60620732018-08-03 Adaptation processes in the auditory system of a beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas Popov, Vladimir V. Nechaev, Dmitry I. Supin, Alexander Ya. Sysueva, Evgeniya V. PLoS One Research Article The effects of prolonged sound stimuli (tone pip trains) on evoked potentials (the rate following response, RFR) were investigated in a beluga whale. The stimuli (rhythmic tone pips) were of 64 kHz frequency at levels from 80 to 140 dB re 1 μPa. During stimulation, every 1000 ms stimulus level either was kept constant (the steady-state stimulation) or changed up/down by 20 or 40 dB. With such stimulus presentation manner, RFR amplitude varied as follows. (i) After a stimulus level increase, the response amplitude increased quickly and then decayed slowly. The more the level increased, the higher the response amplitude increased. (ii) After a stimulus level decrease, the response amplitude was suppressed and then recovered slowly. The more the level decreased, the stronger was the response suppression. (iii) At the end of the 1000 ms window, the response amplitude approached, but did not reach, the amplitude characteristic of the steady-state stimulation. As a result, both after a sound level increase and decrease, the responses were almost stabilized during an analysis time as short as 1 s. This stabilization is attributed to an adaptation process. RFR decay after initial increase could be approximated by an exponent with a time constant of 59.4 ±1.8 (standard error) ms; RFR recovery after initial decrease could be approximated by an exponent with a time constant of 139.2 ±9.9 ms. Public Library of Science 2018-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6062073/ /pubmed/30048516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201121 Text en © 2018 Popov et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Adaptation processes in the auditory system of a beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas
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title_short Adaptation processes in the auditory system of a beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6062073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30048516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201121
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